Jaap Willeumier

Jaap is Head of our Banking and Finance practice. His areas of expertise include banking, securities, corporate and structured finance, asset finance, securitisation and debt and equity capital markets transactions. His work encompasses complex securitisations, syndicated loans, bond issues and other debt capital market transactions, big-ticket cross-border asset finance, debt restructuring and regulatory and securities advisory work.

Credentials

• Lead counsel to Euronext on the merger with New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), resulting into the new NYSE Euronext group
• Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels stock exchanges on their tripartite cross border merger and the creation of Euronext.
• Euronext N.V. on the recommended exchange offer for BVLP (Sociedade Gestora de Mercados Regulamentados, S.A.), now Euronext Lisbon
• ING Barings on the refinancing of loan notes issued in the context of a US$ 1.2 billion cross-border lease transaction involving a Dutch power plant
• Vesteda on its €1.4 billion securitisation of a residential property portfolio
• Madison Dearborn Partners on its public offer for Jefferson Smurfit Group plc and the provision of €2.52 billion and €125 million credit facilities and security
• Bondholders on the restructuring of €350 million and €500 million subordinated convertible bonds issued by Getronics N.V.
• JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo Bank on the issue of US$ 200 million loan notes and the granting of security 
• Athlon Group on its €350 million and €257 million securitisations of car lease portfolios
• ING Bank N.V. and nv Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten on the €
  145 million DBFM PPS motorway construction project
• Getronics N.V. on the issue of €100 million 5.5% unsubordinated convertible bonds
• Hagemeyer N.V. on its financial restructuring including the €905 million syndicated secured loan facilities and €150 million subordinated convertible bonds
• Athlon Group on a €350 million and €405 million guaranteed syndicated loan facility
• Kantoren Fonds Nederland (KFN) on a €450 million CMBS securitisation of an office property portfolio