Acquisition finance, bank lending and refinancing

• Advising ABN Amro Bank NV on the provision of a EUR€700 million Revolving and Standby Facilities Agreement to USG People NV and USG People Interservices NV for, amongst other purposes, refinancing certain existing financial indebtedness and the general corporate purposes of the group
• Advising ABN Amro Bank NV, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, HSBC, ING, Rabobank and RBS on a series of belateral multicurrency revolving facilities totalling EUR€775 million for Fugro Finance AG as guaranteed by Fugro NV.
• Advising Rabobank on a EUR€120 million term and revolving facilities agreement for ForFarmers Group BV for the purposes of the acquisition of the Hendrix group of companies from Nutreco.

Restructuring

• Advising Rabobank on the transfer of the Security Agency role under a Facilities Agreement and the submission of certain claims in respect of amounts outstanding to the lenders arising from the administration of Lehman Brothers
• Advising the lenders in connection with the financial restructuring of Ad van Geloven
• Advising Lloyds Bank Group, Rabobank and NIBC in relation to Gazelle Holding BV