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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 1
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A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 1
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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FIZ advocaten
2 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 2
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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FG Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

DeBreij
1 practice area
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
2 practice areas
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Vriman M&A Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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9Corporate
1 practice area
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BarentsKrans
3 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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JB Law
2 practice areas
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Ploum Lodder Princen
4 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Resor
4 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Wijn & Stael
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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HVG Law
2 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Van Benthem & Keulen
1 practice area
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Allen & Overy is a Magic Circle firm with a global presence in 31 countries. The firm’s Netherlands office is located in Amsterdam and houses more than 30 partners. 

 

Focusses/specialisms 

With a tier 1 ranking consistently across practice areas, Allen & Overy is one of the market leaders in the jurisdiction. 

The firm is renowned for its work for international and Dutch lenders in the banking space. It often works on large-scale refinancings, acquisition financings and bridge to bond financings, and has market-leading expertise in syndicated lending work. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
EMIS Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Renaissance Capital Ltd
Underwriter
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of Montreal, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO Bank, DZ Bank, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Citigroup, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Mizuho Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Groupe BPCE, Morgan Stanley, NORD/LB, Nomura, Commerzbank, Scotiabank, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, ING Bank, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Daiwa Capital Markets, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, Shinkin Central Bank
Underwriter
Novo Nordisk Finance [Netherlands] B.V. - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup, Nordea Bank Finland Oyj, Mitsubishi Corp, Deutsche Bank
Underwriter
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Bank of Montreal, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, ABN AMRO Bank, Barclays, Daiwa Capital Markets, DZ Bank, Crédit Agricole, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, ING Bank, Mizuho Bank, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Scotiabank, Nomura, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Rabobank, Groupe BPCE, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, NORD/LB, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Shinkin Central Bank
Underwriter
Repsol International Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, Mizuho Bank, CaixaBank, Banco Santander, Société Générale, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Danske Bank Corporate Finance
Underwriter
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Groupe BPCE, HSBC
Underwriter
NIBC Bank - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, DekaBank, DZ Bank, ING Bank, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Underwriter
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Nordea, Swedbank
Underwriter
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, Nordea Bank Finland Oyj, JP Morgan Chase, Swedbank
Underwriter
LeasePlan Corp NV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, ANZ Bank, Banco Santander, HSBC, BNP Paribas, JP Morgan Chase, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Mizuho Bank, Citigroup, ING Bank
Underwriter
De Volksbank - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Commerzbank, Rabobank
Underwriter
Adecco International Financial Services BV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Groupe BPCE, Société Générale, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, ING Bank, UniCredit
Underwriter
LeasePlan Corp NV - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Mizuho Bank, Société Générale
Underwriter
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Rabobank, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Stellantis N.V. - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas
Underwriter
ING Bank - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Banco Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Chong Hing Bank Ltd, BNP Paribas, TD Global Finance, Standard Chartered Bank
Underwriter
NedWater Bank - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Underwriter
ABN AMRO Bank - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, ABN AMRO Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Underwriter
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Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
ESG
Lawyers at A&O Shearman and Vinson & Elkins say that judges are approaching statutory interpretation differently following Loper Bright, but they are still paying attention to government arguments
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
M&A
Paolo Nastasi, managing partner for Italy, delves into Q1 market trends, deal structures and how the firm is driving growth at a practice level
Regulations must be effective, not excessive, says OCC chief Rodney Hood
M&A
As the European Commission seeks input on updating its 20-year-old merger rules, focusing on traditional competition metrics will no longer be enough, lawyers say
The UK managing partner reflects on her career and discusses the opportunities ahead for the firm, particularly in leveraged finance
Partner Tom Grant discusses the legal innovation behind the first Solvency II-compliant restricted tier 1 bond issuance in Portugal and how it can help the firm to win more work
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