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Hogan Lovells advise lenders in debt financing supporting Vitruvian’s acquisition of Expereo
02 February 2021
Wouter Jongen
PartnerAmsterdam
Email wouter.jongen@hoganlovells.com
Phone +31 20 55 33 663
Fax +31 20 55 33 777
LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, French, German
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Wouter Jongen features a "pro-active and pragmatic" team at Hogan Lovells International LLP "benefits from an international base" and is "able to use that accumulated knowledge" to "seek solutions that work for all parties involved."
Legal 500 2020
Wouter Jongen is an English and Netherlands law qualified finance lawyer focusing on leveraged financings and restructurings, acting both for borrowers and lenders. During his career, he has spent several years in London where he gained invaluable experience dealing with cross-border complex restructuring files.
Some of his recent restructuring work includes advising senior creditors in relation to the (restructuring) of debt obligations of NMC Health as well as assisting the guarantee providers in relation to the high profile restructuring of Imtech.
Wouter has recently acted as lenders' counsel on the public bid financings supporting the acquisitions of (i) GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica (which was the largest deal in the Benelux in 2019) and (ii) Royal Volker Wessels by Reggeborgh. Furthermore, Wouter has been at the forefront of the unitranche debt market, working with private capital providers (such as ICG, Ares, Blackrock, Permberton, Tikehau, Alcentra, Permira, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and others) on alternative lending products, and with banks providing super-senior working capital facilities.
He also advised on the financings for international private equity sponsors (such as BC Partners, Apax, IK Invest, Providence, Paine, Montagu, Vitruvian and Silverfleet) and for all major Dutch PE funds. Wouter frequently acts as sponsor/borrower' counsel including for Acquiline, Egeria, Parcom, Mentha, HB Capital, Strikwerda, Royal Terberg Group, Center Parcs and investment grade companies Schiphol, Enexis and Stork.
On the real estate financing side, Wouter assists Goldman Sachs, HSBC and others in various matters. Prior to joining Hogan Lovells as a partner in October 2014, Wouter was a senior associate at a multinational law firm (London and Amsterdam).
Awards and recognitions
2020
Banking & Finance (Netherlands)
Chambers Global
2019-2020
Banking and Finance: Borrower Side, Netherlands, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Banking and Finance: Lender or Arranger side, Netherlands, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Banking and Finance: Asset Finance and Structured Finance, Netherlands, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
''Wouter Jongen heads up the borrower side practice at Hogan Lovells, which has particular expertise in unitranche debt. The team has worked extensively with private equity clients.
Legal 500 EMA
2018
He excels in commerciality, has a proactive approach and is very in sync with the market.
Chambers Global
2017
He's part of the new generation of young and hungry partners that's currently building his franchise with a relentless focus on detail and availability to his clients.
IFLR1000
2017
Wouter Jongen of Hogan Lovells International LLP deals with acquisition financing and debt capital markets. Clients consider him to be a pragmatic, problem-solving lawyer who adopts the interests of his clients, but is open for discussion with the counterparty.
Chambers Global
2017
Wouter Jongen is an able practitioner recognised for his strong background in banking and finance, doing promising work .
Chambers Global
2017
Hogan Lovells International LLP’s ‘proactive’ department is ‘good value for money’, and provides ‘in-depth, spot-on’ advice.
Legal 500 EMEA
2017
To the point, timely and of high quality. Very pleasant to work with. Wouter is a very competent lawyer with a keen eye for establishing fruitful long term relationships.
IFLR1000
2016
The ‘very committed’ Wouter Jongen is dual qualified in the Netherlands and England and Wales.
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Capital Markets: Debt, Netherlands, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
Education and admissions
Education
LL.M., University of London, King's College, 2005
LL.M., University of Maastricht, 2004
LL.B., University of Maastricht
Bar admissions and qualifications
Solicitor, England and Wales
Amsterdam
Representative experience
Advised the lenders on the public bid financing of the acquisition of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica (one of the largest European public deals in 2019).
Advised the lenders on the public bid financing supporting the acquisition of Royal Volker Wessels.
Advised Ares in relation to the financings of Synthon (sponsor: BC Partners), TransIP, DORC (sponsor: Montagu), Viroclinics (sponsor: Parcom) and various others.
Advised Alcentra, ABN AMRO and NIBC on the financing supporting the acquisition of Expereo by Apax.
Advising the senior noteholder committee in the restructuring of a Croatian food producer and retailer with a Dutch holding company structure, with 60,000 employees and total liabilities of c €5bn.
Advised on the restructurings of NMC Health, Royal Imtech, Vestia, Vion, Struik Foods and various others.
Advised ICG in relation to the financings of BergmanClinics (including on the add-on financings for NL Health, Memira and Capio).
Advised Dutch sponsor Parcom on various bids including the financings of its acquisitions of Simpel.nl and Condoor.
Advised Egeria on the (re)financings of M&G, Jet, Trust, The Employment Group and Vendor as well as various other M&A situations.
Advised Pemberton on the financing supporting Parcom's acquisition of Group of Butchers.
Advised various lenders on the financings of Nuts Group, Brisker, First Consulting, Global Transport Solutions, Heliox, Keylane, Viqtor Davies (sponsor: Waterland)
Advised Goldman Sachs on the refinancing of Suba Seeds Group (sponsor: Paine Schwartz Partners).
Advised Deutsche Bank on financing the acquisition of Oyo Vacation Homes, a fast growing hotel chain backed by Softbank.
Advised Blackrock on the financing supporting the acquisition of Infradata by IK Investment Partners.
Advised Acquiline on the financing of Quintes, one of the largest insurance brokers in the Benelux.
Advised Permira on the financing of a leading managed IT services company.
Advised Three Hills on its investment in the Borealis Hotel Group, a leading European developer and operator of hotels.
Advised Fluor Corporation on its financing arrangements to support the acquisition of Stork Technical Services.
Advised Tikehau on financing an IT consultancy company.
Advised the lenders on the acquisition of InSites Consulting by Dutch sponsor Mentha Capital.
Advised HSBC on the financing of two of Amsterdam's most exclusive hotels as well as Agro Merchants's real estate (sponsor: Oaktree).
Advised the lenders on the public acquisition financing for the public offer for Gamma (sponsor: Gilde).
Advised on the financings supporting Silverfleet's acquisitions in BOA Purified Solutions & BOA Flexible Solutions as well as in STAXS®.
Advised Boskalis on the acquisition financing for the public offer for Dockwise.
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