Profession
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Experience
Specialises in a cross-section of finance work including general banking, syndicated lending and leveraged finance.
Transactions of significance where substantial involvement can be disclosed include:
- advising Deutsche Bank in relation to a USD letter of credit facility for AEGON N.V. and certain of its US subsidiaries
- advising The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (acting on behalf of N-Share) as arrangers of a syndicated revolving credit agreement to refinance bilateral facilities for De Dietrich Remeha Group at the time of their merger with the Baxi Group
- advising The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as coordinator in relation to the refinancing of PCM Holding B.V.’s term and revolving credit facilities resulting from its acquisition by De Persgroep N.V. following a period of financial difficulty after gaining independence from APAX
- advising Nutreco Holding N.V. in connection with its € 550m syndicated multicurrency revolving credit agreement
- advising Rabobank as co-ordinator for a club of banks financing NS Groep N.V’s € 250m revolving credit facilities
- advising InterXion Holding N.V in connection with their continued financing needs including new subordinated facilities and most recently a new revolving facility agreement
- advising each of Van Der Sluijs Groep and the Frisol group in connection with the financing arrangements for the merger of the two companies, including the provision of a term facility to North Sea Petroleum Beheer B.V. and a term facility to Van Der Sluijs Groep Holding B.V., and amending Frisol’s borrowing base facility for the ongoing working capital requirements of the combined group
- advising ENECO N.V. in respect of €1.5bn revolving credit facility with ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Barclays Capital, Fortis Bank S.A./N.V. and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking as Bookrunners
- advising ABN AMRO Bank N.V., ING Bank N.V. and Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen Boerenleenbank B.A. trading as Rabobank International in connection with €150m opco facilities extended to CVC in relation to the acquisition of Schuitema N.V. from Koninklijke Ahold N.V. and B.V. Maatschappij tot ontwikkeling van middenstandsprojecten (C.K.K.)
- advising Rabobank in connection with financing of Eriks Group N.V. to facilitate the acquisition of 94.8% of the issued and outstanding share capital in Koninklijke Econosto N.V.
Professional experience
2007 - to date Partner, Linklaters
2004 - 2005 Seconded to Leveraged Finance Group, ABN AMRO Amsterdam (six months)
2003 - Secondment to Financial Sponsors Group, Credit Suisse First Boston (six months)
2002 - 2007 Managing Associate, Linklaters
2001 - 2002 Senior Associate, Clayton Utz, Sydney
1996 - 1998 Law Clerk, Davidsons Solicitors
Education
2001 - 2002 University of Sydney, Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Financial Law
1994 - 1998 Legal Practitioners Admission Board, Sydney, Australia, Diploma of Law (LPAB)
1990 - 1991 University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, Propedeuse Diploma Law
1987 - 1991 Haagse Hogeschool, The Hague, The Netherlands, Bachelor of Business Diploma
Languages
Dutch, English
