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Wouter Jongen
Partner Corporate & Finance
Amsterdam
London
Languages
English, Dutch, French, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Chambers Global 2025"Wouter Jongen has always been really good at protecting the core points. He is also extremely responsive which is great in pressured situations."
Wouter Jongen is a dual English and Netherlands law qualified finance lawyer focusing on leveraged financings and restructurings. He is based in Amsterdam and London.
Wouter advises on the financings for international and national private equity sponsors (such as Ambienta, Ardian, Aquiline, Bridgepoint, CVC, Equistone, Hg, IK, Three Hills, Triton and Vitruvian) and for all major Dutch PE funds (such as Egeria, NPM, Mentha, Parcom, Waterland, Rivean and Nordian).
Having advised on the very first and the largest direct lending transaction in the Benelux (as well as numerous deals in between), Wouter is at the forefront of the private capital market acting for the likes of Ares, Blackrock, ICG, Pemberton, Tikehau, Permira and others.
Chambers Global 2026"What I like about Wouter Jongen is that he is always quite pragmatic and finds a bridge between the needs of lenders and clients."
Representative experience
Advised Triton on the TLB syndicated financings for Unica and Hanab.
Advised CVC on their investment in Superstruct.
Advised on the financings supporting Bridgepoint's investments in Data Expert, Schubert Philis, NMi and Hanseatic Broking Center.
Advised on the financings supporting Ardian's investments in Vecos and Deli Home.
Advised on the financings supporting Hg's investment in Ascendia, Blinqx and Group Induver.
Advised Egeria on the financings supporting investments in the Fletcher hotels, Superb, Sonic, Arcus IT, Financiallease, Van Losser, Elastofirm, Tuindeco, Trust and The Employment Group
Advised on the Waterland financings for Van Vulpen, Brisker, Circular IT, De Jong & Laan, Elk, Dhomus, Nafinco, Nuts Groep, Partou, PrimeNut Group, Rotom, Scholt Energy, Steboma and Xebia
Advised on the financings supporting Parcom's investments in Robin Radar, Dayes, Just Brands, Meeder, Elektramat, 247TailorSteel, Dijkstra Draisman, Zorg van de Zaak and Yource.
Advised on the financings supporting Rivean's investments in Valcon, Crowe Foederer, Wilvo, 2Connect and CED.
Advised on the financing supporting NPM's investments in HQ Group, Kramp, Otolift, Omdus and Probo.
Advised on the financing supporting Inflexion's investment in Baker Tilly
Advised Mentha Capital on the financings for Multibes, Van Vulpen and Insites Consulting.
Advised the Royal Terberg Group on all their syndicated debt facilities.
Advised on the public bid financings of GrandVision, Royal Volker Wessels, Majorel, PGS Software and Gamma.
Advised a syndicate of banks on the financing for Hoogwegt, the world's largest independent supplier of dairy products and ingredients.
Advised HSBC on the financings for Soho House Amsterdam and Rosewood Amsterdam.
Advised BlackRock and its related funds on the refinancing of credit facilities for Corus Dental and the Corus Dental group, including the financing of certain envisaged acquisitions.
Advised on the restructurings of NMC Health, Royal Imtech, Vestia, Vion, Struik Foods and various others.
Advised OLD and ASR on the €500 million joint acquisition of the leveraged loan portfolio of NIBC Bank.
Advised on the financings supporting Nordian's investmentes in MyLaps and Wetac.
Advised on the financing supporting Equistone’s investment in Buko.
Advised the lenders on the debt financing supporting Volpi Capital's investment in Cyclomedia.
Advised on the financing supporting Bencis' investments in Wessels Bouwgroep and Clineas Dental Group.
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., University of London, King's College, 2005
- LL.M., University of Maastricht, 2004
- LL.B., University of Maastricht, 2003
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- Amsterdam