Ferdinand Hengst
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Client SatisfactionThe group at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek offers its clients advice on the full scope of insolvency and restructuring matters in international and domestic contexts. Financing and corporate reorganisation are areas the team frequently advises on, as are claw-back risks, stakeholder management and board fiduciary duties. Further, it is well-placed to advise on bet-the-company restructuring matters. Acting in high-stakes liability litigation in matters at Supreme Court and Court of Appeal level is also an area of focus of the practice. Distressed finance and restructuring deals are areas of expertise of ‘sound advisor’ Ferdinand Hengst who heads up the offering with Bas Boutellier, an experienced partner handling public and private debt financing cases. Corporate litigator Jeroen van der Schrieck is another key member of the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Strong legal skills and a commercial approach.’
‘A broad transactional and litigation skillset, which has become more important in restructuring and insolvency.’
‘The De Brauw restructuring team is a well-rounded team with unparalleled technical knowledge in the Dutch market. They draw from their extensive litigation teams, which makes them highly skilled in contentious restructurings.'
'They're known for involvement in high-profile pro bono cases and their advancement of LGBTQ interests in the legal space.’
‘Ferdinand Hengst leads the team. He stands out as a calm and collected restructuring leader, who takes a measured approach on restructurings but knows how and when to sharpen his edges if things get contentious. He takes on WHOA observer roles, which has given him a lot of credibility in the restructuring space.’
‘The critical factor of De Brauw over others has been their ability to divorce emotion from reason and to guide you on this path. It is very easy in highly stressful situations to get caught up in things, however, regardless of the situation De Brauw have over the past year consistently demonstrated their ability to calmly step you through the facts vs opinions and conjectures.'
'Their advice on corporate law-related matters has been invaluable.’
‘Ferdinand Hengst spearheads the De Brauw team. Ferdinand is a person who understands the law inside and out and more importantly works to understand exactly your situation so that he can provide optionality to achieve desired objectives. Very clear, very calm, and a sound advisor. Wouldn't hesitate to call in the future.’
Key clients
- Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten
- Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Netherlands Ministry of Finance
- Blackstone Credit (f.k.a. GSO Capital)
- BC Partners
- Apax Partners
- Silverpoint Capital
- Bracebridge Capital
- Strategic Value Partners
- Triton Partners
- Parcom Capital
- Waterland Private Equity
- G Square Private Equity
- Providence Equity
- Primavera Capital Group
- Goldman Sachs
- Rabobank
- ABN AMRO Bank
- ING Bank
- Atradius
- HEMA
- Intergamma Group
- Sunweb Travel Group
- Bonprix
- Otto Group
- Alimentation Couche-Tard
- Royal Dutch Shell
- TenneT
- Lyondell Basell Industries
- Siemens AG
- AGCO Corp.
- InterCement
- Nielsen Group
- Philips Electronics
- Intercement
Work highlights
- Representing the client in a cross-border restructuring.
- Assisting the client in the first-ever combined US-NL restructuring.
- Acting as chairman in negotiations and as designing counsel of the largest bail-out of a financial institution in the history of the Dutch Caribbean.
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Ferdinand Hengst, Bas Boutellier