Bird & Bird‘s lending expertise lies primarily in advising on the financing for innovative projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including the development of data centres and battery storage developments. Practice head Roger van Buuren focuses his efforts on handling the financing of digital infrastructure projects, while Floor van Heijst, who joined from NautaDutilh in August 2024, augments the firm’s ability to oversee leveraged and acquisition finance, in addition to corporate lending.
Testimonials
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‘Floor van Heijst is an experienced lending lawyer who has been working as lawyer for banks in complex transactions and who has the skill to bring people together in a transaction to ensure execution. She is a good communicator and has focus.’
‘Compared to other law firms, 2 Birds stands out due to the exceptional leadership of Floor van Heijst, the recent hire from Nauta. This adds to the expert bench and allows them to be competitive with comparable law firms.’
‘Floor van Heijst is a stand-out partner, a real expert in the field and of exceptional talent and commitment to her clients. We have had the opportunity to work with Floor on multiple transactions and she has been very responsive and constructive. Highly recommend!’
‘Full-service concept, practical, innovative approach, both for the Dutch and international practice.’
‘Floor van Heijst is very experienced as a finance lawyer in the Dutch market as well as in the London market. She combines strong commercial skills and a practical, innovative approach which leads to a very effective legal process for lenders.’
Key clients
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Invest-NL Capital N.V.
- Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
- Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund
- Aareal Bank
- Zencap Asset Management
- FMO
- Kreos Capital
Work highlights
- Advised Zencap Asset Management on the junior financing for the capital raise of SFP Group for the construction of a biomethane facility.
- Advised Polestar Capital Circular Debt Fund on the financing for BioBTX for the development, construction and operation of a biobased-plastics recycling plant.
- Advised ABN AMRO Bank on the development and operation of a ground-mounted solar park in the Netherlands.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roger van Buuren