Peter is a banking & finance lawyer with extensive experience in corporate law, real estate finance, renewables and restructuring.
He joined Allen & Overy LLP as an attorney in 2008. There, he worked in the Banking & Finance and Litigation sections from 2018-2013. After several years as in-house legal counsel at Arcadis, he returned to the legal profession at Osborne Clarke N.V. in 2015.
There he practised mergers and acquisitions for several years and completed his Grotius Mergers & Acquisitions in 2016. From 2016 Peter also picked up his banking & finance work again and from 2018 he has focused entirely on financing and securities.
He advises in areas such as:
- Venture and growth financing (including HSBC (formerly Silicon Valley Bank), October, Partners for Growth and Orbit Capital);
- Real estate financing (including Magis Real Estate, Synvest and Angelo Gordon);
- Renewable financing of solar farms and wind turbines (including Ampyr Solar Europe and Deutsche Anlagen Leasing); and
- Restructuring.
He is a creative and pragmatic lawyer with broad experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and financing. He is able to work with complex legal matters and advises his clients commercially and pragmatically. His broad experience enables him to advise clients on various facets of a transaction.
Ancala Partners
Advised Ancala Partners on its majority acquisition of FORE Freedom and Glasvezel Groep Nederland, read more.
CAIRN Real Estate/AT Capital
Acted for Joint Venture structure of CAIRN Real Estate/AT Capital for in relation to several real estate acquisitions including financings.
GoPro
Advised GoPro USD 250M financing with JP Morgan.
Volker Wessels and AEGON
Advised Volker Wessels and AEGON in relation to the acquisition of the Shipdock plot in Amsterdam.
Angelo, Gordon & Co
Advised Angelo Gordon on a refinancing.
An investment fund
Advised an investment fund that provided a mezzanine financing to a real estate portfolio (range EUR 5-15M).
Cairn Real Estate and AT Capital
Advised as lead counsel to the JV company of Cairn Real Estate and AT Capital in relation to a EUR 35-45M acquisition financing relating to the acquisition of a real estate portfolio.
An international Bank
Together with Osborne Clarke UK we recently advised an international Bank in relation to the financing of the acquisition of an Hotel in the UK by a Dutch investor and asset manager.
Insights
Payment difficulties: COVID-19 and options for Dutch companies experiencing financial strains
Government and financial sector initiatives can help Dutch businesses that are struggling to meet their payment obligations amid the coronavirus...
Dutch Supreme court rules that insurance portfolio cannot be pledged
A recent decision by the highest court in the Netherlands on a case involving ING Bank N.V. and an insurance...
WHOA | The Dutch equivalent of the US Chapter 11 and UK Scheme of Arrangement is coming
In July 2019, the bill " Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord" – with the rather catchy acronym " WHOA" – was...
Legal anatomy of a sustainable energy financing
The Netherlands has ground to cover when it comes to exploiting energy from renewable sources.
Alternatives to Dutch bank account structures in Dutch real estate financing
In the current Dutch real estate financing (REF) market it is almost impossible for Dutch borrowers to grant security over...