Linklaters is sought out by corporate and private equity clients requiring financing for acquisitions and access to revolving credit facilities for day-to-day business expenses. Practice head Paul Kuipers handles a range of loan structures, including negotiating multi-jurisdictional loans and the restructuring thereof. Mees Roelofs provides expertise in asset finance, with Bram Bulter taking the lead on project and sustainable financing structures.

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  • 'Pragmatic approach, responds quickly to questions and do not bring up non-items. Pleasant team that sticks to the timeline. Clearly they know where the market is and are able to find middle ground to get the job done.'

Key clients

  • I Squared Capital Advisors (UK) LLP
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management B.V.
  • Infracapital Partners IV SCSp
  • LYCRA
  • FincoEnergies B.V.
  • Sappi Papier Holding GmbH
  • Cerberus European Investments LLC
  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board CPPIB CPP Investment Board
  • Syngenta Crop Protection AG
  • DigitalBridge Investments LLC
  • Glenmont Partners I Ltd
  • Northland Power Inc.
  • Marfrig Global Foods S.A.

Work highlights

  • Acted for Goldman Sachs Asset Management B.V. in securing a $50m RCF with The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch.
  • Advised InfraCapital on its €317.373m financing for the acquisition of Vopak Rotterdam Botlek from Koninklijke Vopak B.V.
  • Advised Cerberus on acquiring a €11.5bn portfolio of loans from Intrum, encompassing over 10,000 portfolios across 13 European jurisdictions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Paul Kuipers

Other key lawyers

Mees Roelofs, Bram Bulter