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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 3
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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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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
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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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M&A
Tier 3
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 finance
Tier 3
20 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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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 3
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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Overview

Linklaters has been active in the Dutch market since 2004, with a fully integrated office located in Amsterdam. The firm has over 70 lawyers including partners and counsels. 

Focuses / Specialisms

Magic circle firm Linklaters is mostly recognised in the Dutch market for its work in the banking, M&A and equity capital markets spaces.

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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
Vonovia Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Vonovia Finance BV
Issuer
JAB Holdings BV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
JAB Holdings BV
Issuer
Nationale-Nederlanden Bank NV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, BNP Paribas, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Vonovia Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Vonovia Finance BV
Issuer
Adecco International Financial Services BV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Adecco International Financial Services BV
Issuer
ING Bank - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank
Issuer
Wintershall Dea Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Wintershall Dea Finance BV
Issuer
Repsol International Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Barclays, BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Crédit Agricole, Mitsubishi Corp, Groupe BPCE, BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Commerzbank, Société Générale, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC
Underwriter
TDR Capital LLP - M&A
2022-01-06
Linklaters
Netherlands
M&A
Alice Klein, Andrew Huxtable, Bas Jennen, Benjamin Prevost, Bertrand Senechal, Bruno Derieux, Cameron Western, Christian Ahlborn, Cyril Boussion, Dan Schuster-Woldan, Geoffrey Ellis, Geric Clomes, Jacques Maze, Jamie Coomber, Jill Husagic, Lucille Cazala, Mariken van Esch, Marine Hennequin, Neil Hoolihan, Ngoc-Hong Ma, Nicolas Le Guillou, Niki van Kessel, Pan Papakyprianou, Peter Bevan, Rohan Dey, Vincent Gerlach, Will Aitken-Davies
TDR Capital LLP
Seller
Stellantis NV - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Stellantis NV
Issuer
ING Bank - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank
Issuer
Naturgy Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, CaixaBank, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Mitsubishi Corp, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale, UniCredit
Underwriter
JDE Peet NV - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Banco Santander, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Mitsubishi Corp, SEB - Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, UniCredit
Underwriter
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finance I) BV - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finance I) BV
Issuer
ICTSI Treasury BV - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup, HSBC
Underwriter
Rabobank - Bond Issue
2022-01-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Credit Suisse
Underwriter
Brenntag Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Helaba, HSBC, ING Bank, Mitsubishi Corp, Mizuho Bank, UniCredit
Underwriter
NE Property BV - Bond Issue
2022-01-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
ENEL Finance International NV - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Groupe BPCE, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale
Underwriter
Rabobank - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Linklaters
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Daiwa Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, UBS
Underwriter
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New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
ESG
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
As the European banking sector continues to consolidate, M&A and regulatory lawyers that can smooth the path to deal completion are proving their value
Carl Fernandes, global head of Linklaters’ financial regulation group, outlines the firm’s opportunities in the financial sector, particularly in Europe and the US
New hires were made across the finance, M&A and funds practices in New York, London and Paris
ESG
A unified approach to the carbon markets will help lower costs and break down barriers for investment in low carbon technologies
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
ESG
A number of recent developments in the regulation, such as country risk classification, mean that businesses need to consider whether they can benefit from simplified due diligence requirements
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