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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek‘s workload includes acting as issuance counsel for a number of well-known clients in complex contexts. Advising on high-value green hybrid bonds is an area of expertise of the team, and the practice also includes advising clients on credit facilities and establishing commercial paper programmes. Bas Boutellier and Ferdinand Hengst both head up the practice and split their time between the firm’s London and Amsterdam offices. Corporate specialist Lisa de Boer is a key name with experience handling multi-billion-euro green bond issuance matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘One of the local champion firms in the Netherlands. Their understanding of Dutch law is to the highest standards. A go-to firm where made-to-measure advice is needed.’

  • ‘Bas Boutellier is an expert lawyer and has an eye for the bigger picture and key transaction drivers. This is not commonly seen with lawyers. Lisa de Boer and Sifra van Ansenwoude are both highly talented senior associates.'

  • ‘Able to understand complex matters quickly, high responsiveness, delivery of quality documentation, and high involvement of the people. They have a quick understanding of client's specific structure and are trusted advisors.’

  • ‘Bas Boutellier is a trusted advisor; always up to speed with our financing structure and therefore able to respond and advise us quickly and effectively when needed. Great communication style and openness towards any questions.’

  • ‘I think the good communication within the team and the excellent database on our company makes it relatively easy to interchange between associates and ensure consistency in quality of work. The team also have a strong ability to pick up ad-hoc requests with speed.’

  • ‘I think the company has a high standard for partners and associates and is very successful in attracting and retaining talent. All the people I've worked with were very good.’

Key clients

  • ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
  • Affimed
  • AGCO Corporation
  • AkzoNobel N.V.
  • Alimentation Couche-Tard
  • APAX Partners
  • APG Group
  • ASML
  • Axalta
  • BC Partners
  • BME Group
  • Centerbridge Partners
  • Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
  • CTP
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Exor
  • Friesland Campina
  • Fugro
  • Gasunie
  • Heineken
  • Holland Casino
  • HollyFrontier Corporate (NYSE: HFC)
  • Infopro
  • ING Group N.V. / ING Bank N.V.
  • JustEatTakeaway
  • Lyondell Basell
  • National grid operator TenneT
  • NXP
  • NS
  • Premier Oil plc
  • Providence Equity LLP
  • Rabobank
  • RELX
  • Royal Ahold Delhaize
  • Royal BAM Group N.V.
  • Royal Dutch Shell plc
  • Royal Philips N.V.
  • Sodexo Pluxee
  • Stellantis
  • TomTom
  • The Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten
  • UBS Bank
  • Waterland Private Equity

Work highlights

  • Assisting Gasunie on its inaugural green bonds issuance of €300m.
  • Assisting the client on the issuance of €1.1bn green hybrid bonds.
  • Advising the client on Dutch WHOA as parallel proceeding to US, Spanish and Brazilian proceedings.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Lisa de Boer
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Bas Boutellier
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Bas Boutellier, Ferdinand Hengst

Other key lawyers

Lisa de Boer, Sifra van Ansenwoude