International & Cross-Border Financing | Global

A&O Shearman, with its full-service offering and ability to offer an integrated well-coordinated service, is a top-rated international law firm in the Netherlands. The firm is a highly popular choice for clients given its noteworthy cross-border capability. The Netherlands office plays a vital role within the law firm's wider global strategy, acting for major Dutch multinational and international clients on both outbound and inbound matters. Clients commend its ability to lead multi-jurisdictional deals, noting that the team coordinates seamlessly with other offices across the law firm's international network.

A&O Shearman in the Netherlands is a market leader in cross-border transactions, and its corporate practice handles high-end projects covering multiple jurisdictions. The law firm has particular expertise in corporate/M&A, advising on multinational deals in the technology, private equity and manufacturing sectors, and the team is also recognised as a market leader when it comes to capital markets, as well as possessing considerable strength in tax matters.

Alongside its transactional prowess, the law firm is equally commended for its excellence in financing, having emerged as a top-tier firm in banking and finance, project finance and investment funds, as well as demonstrating merit in regulatory finance and real estate. The firm is also highly rated for its work relating to disputes, white-collar crime and investigations, in which it adopts international roles involving a number of European and global-wide jurisdictions.

The Clifford Chance office in the Netherlands is recognised for making a strong contribution towards the law firm's overall global strength, as practitioners turn to the Netherlands team for its coordinating abilities on a range of cross-border work, particularly for the financial sector. The Netherlands team collaborates effectively with other Clifford Chance offices across its international network, handling a mix of inbound and outbound matters, and offering an integrated seamless service. The team is well equipped to coordinate work covering multiple jurisdictions, representing an impressive array of multinational and international lenders, borrowers and other major financial institutions, as clients often choose to work with Clifford Chance due to its notable English law capacity in Amsterdam, as well as in London.

Loyens & Loeff's Amsterdam and Rotterdam full-service offices play a vital function within the law firm's international strategy. Practitioners in the Netherlands coordinate with Loyens & Loeff's other main hubs in Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland on cross-border matters, creating a strong Benelux-wide practice. The law firm plays an important role advising international clients on Dutch matters, as well as acting as lead counsel on multi-jurisdictional deals. Loyens & Loeff has also established strong relationships overseas through smaller offices in the USA and Asia, ensuring that the firm has established itself as a highly valued international partner and collaborator for numerous respected law firms in other jurisdictions.

Clients also turn to De Brauw for cross-border financing matters. The law firm has a particularly strong ECM and investment funds practice, and its financial services group has a leading regulatory offering. Acting predominantly for large corporate borrowers, the firm also works with major Dutch and international banks and other financial institutions, offering solid restructuring and tax capabilities.

DLA Piper is recognised for its excellent ability to execute mid-market corporate/M&A transactions, particularly in a cross-border context, and works regularly on transactions in the media, technology and insurance sectors. The law firm is also well regarded for its expertise in tax and employment, which is frequently utilised on cross-jurisdictional mandates, as well as serving clients on litigation and intellectual property-related transactions.

Houthoff offers notable transactional cross-border capabilities, with particular strength in investment funds, competition law, tax, corporate investigations and a mixture of high-end corporate/M&A and mid-market private equity deals. These are key pillars for the law firm's cross-border work, in which transactions typically involve multiple jurisdictions worldwide.

Stibbe's Netherlands team offers clients a full-service scope with strong transactional and financing capabilities. The law firm is known for handling competition, antitrust and merger control transactions in the global space, recently involving the pharmaceutical, technology and automotive industries. Stibbe is also well versed in handling cross-border high-end corporate/M&A, tax and corporate investigations, as well as being strong in energy-related matters. These areas are strengthened by the law firm's capabilities in corporate and commercial litigation, as it is highly rated in dispute resolution.

The Hogan Lovells team's chief appeal in the international space is its good track record of handling cross-border securitisation and banking mandates in a pan-European context. Hogan Lovells maintains particularly close ties to the law firm's UK hub and coordinates routinely with London-based colleagues. The law firm acts for international private equity firms, banks and Dutch companies, while Amsterdam is also a key global hub for the firm's work representing clients in IP litigation in the life sciences, technology and chemical sectors.

Linklaters is a widely respected international law firm with the Amsterdam office that plays an important role in the law firm's European strength. The Dutch practice attracts multinational and international clients with its extensive global resources for handling both inbound and outbound matters. One great source of appeal for the law firm is its ability to coordinate with peers across its large, high-quality international network, covering major financial centres and emerging markets.

Norton Rose Fulbright is an excellent international law firm, with its office in Amsterdam playing an important role in strengthening the overall global financing practice. Clients benefit from the value of Norton Rose's extensive fleet of international offices, which are distributed throughout North and Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. This network enables the law firm to offer a well-coordinated and seamless service, with the Dutch office typically having a strong specialisation towards finance, possessing one of the largest financing practices in the Netherlands.