Wouter Jongen
Partner Corporate & Finance
Amsterdam
London
Languages
English, Dutch, French, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Wouter Jongen is a dual English and Netherlands law qualified finance lawyer focusing on leveraged financings and restructurings. He is based in Amsterdam and London.
Wouter advises on the financings for international private equity sponsors (such as Ambienta, Ardian, Aquiline, Bridgepoint, Equistone, Hg, IK, Three Hills, Triton and Vitruvian) and for all major Dutch PE funds (such as Egeria, NPM, Mentha, Parcom, Waterland, Rivean, Nordian).
Having advised on the very first and the largest direct lending transaction in the Benelux (as well as numerous deals in between), Wouter is at the forefront of the private capital market acting for the likes of Ares, Blackrock, ICG, Pemberton, Tikehau, Permira and others.
Representative experience
Advise Triton’s portfolio company Unica as lead counsel on its refinancing with a large syndicate of banks and a number of other bid financings.
Advised Aquiline on the financing supporting the acquisition of insurance brokerage Quintes.
Advised on the financings supporting NPM's investments in HQ Group, Kramp, Otolift, Omdus and Probo.
Advised Egeria on the financings supporting investments in the Fletcher hotels, Superb, Sonic, Arcus IT, Financiallease, Van Losser, Elastofirm, Tuindeco, Trust and The Employment Group
Advised on the financings supporting Rivean's investments in Wilvo, 2Connect and CED.
Advised on the financings supporting Hg's investment in Blinqx (and other bid financings for Hg).
Advised on the financings supporting Parcom's investments in Elektramat, 247TailorSteel, Quaratio, Dijkstra Draisman, Zorg van de Zaak and Yource.
We advise Ares, the world’s largest private credit manager, on virtually all of their financings in the Benelux.
Advised on the financings supporting Bridgepoint's investment in DataExpert (and other bid financings for Bridgepoint).
Advised ICG in relation to the financings of Bergman Clinics (including various add-on financings), as well as its acquisition by Triton.
Advised Mentha Capital on the financings for Multibes, Van Vulpen and Insites Consulting.
We advised BlackRock and its related funds on the refinancing of credit facilities for Corus Dental and the Corus Dental group, including the financing of certain envisaged acquisitions.
Advised on the restructurings of NMC Health, Royal Imtech, Vestia, Vion, Struik Foods and various others.
Advised a syndicate of banks on the financing for Hoogwegt, the world's largest independent supplier of dairy products and ingredients.
Advised HSBC on the financing of two of Amsterdam's most exclusive hotels as well as Agro Merchants' real estate (sponsor: Oaktree).
Advised OLD and ASR on the €500 million joint acquisition of the leveraged loan portfolio of NIBC Bank.
Advised on the financings supporting Nordian's investmentes in MyLaps and Wetac
We advised Crescent on the financing supporting Equistone’s largest investment to date in the Netherlands, the acquisition of a majority stake in Buko.
Advised the lenders on the debt financing supporting the acquisitionto support private equity investor Volpi Capital with its continued partnership with Cyclomedia.
Advised the lenders on the financings supporting Main Capital's investment in Enovation Group
Credentials
- LL.M., University of London, King's College, 2005
- LL.M., University of Maastricht, 2004
- LL.B., University of Maastricht, 2003
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- Amsterdam