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.
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'Red alert': EU Renewable Energy Directive's third edition rolls out in the Netherlands
'Red alert': EU Renewable Energy Directive's third edition rolls out in the Netherlands
Dutch government consults on procedural acceleration of electricity projects
Dutch court forces Enexis to connect charging station group Leap24 to power grid
Waiver of subrogation rights in general terms of a bank: a matter of interpretation?
Dutch government shifts policy on solar panels on farmland
Electronic signatures, not as perfect as it seems?
ESG principles start to shape Dutch debt financings
Dutch Supreme Court confirms Dutch banks can transfer your loans to non-banks
Borrowers may fear that their position will be weakened if their (distressed) loans are transferred to non-bank lenders .
WHOA restructuring scheme advances through Dutch Parliament amid Covid-19 fallout
Long-awaited US Chapter 11 and the UK scheme of arrangement-style turnaround tool awaits Senate approval as Dutch businesses grapple with...
Duty of care and the COVID-19 emergency: obligations and legal consequences for Dutch banks
With many businesses facing financial difficulties amid the coronavirus emergency, we outline the duty of care obligations for Dutch banks...