“David Vietor is an outstanding lawyer. He has a wealth of legal knowledge and a fantastic attitude towards customer service, always available to help his clients and make sure he gets the best for them. He is an excellent negotiator and what I also appreciate is that he always keeps a cool head, no matter how complex or rushed the situation is. He is someone with a very high level of integrity who inspires confidence in his customers. It has been a pleasure to work with him this year. NautaDutilh supported Raizen Fuels Finance S.A. as an issuer in its $500 million offer of 5.3% senior notes, which was successfully completed on January 20. The issuer is part of the Brazilian Raizen Group, the world`s largest producer of sugar cane. The Raizen Group also operates a network of more than 5,800 Shell-branded stations in Brazil. “NautaDutilh`s financial services regulatory team can be described as `unique` compared to other companies. Each team member has their own area of expertise and together they are able to assist and advise on restructuring and regulatory issues related to licence applications to our local regulator.
Customers are guided step by step through the process, deadlines are set on time, and all kinds of problems that arise during the process are resolved. Their knowledge of regulatory issues such as EMIR, MiFID II, MiFIR is excellent. “Responsiveness, results-orientation and legal excellence are just a few words that describe the AKD transport team. Today, we engage and support a variety of activities, such as the Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation, of which we sit on the Board of Directors, and which is the exclusive legal advisor of the SI² fund, which invests in innovative and socially responsible companies. We also participate in Pro Bono Connect and are one of 13 law firms that support the Public Interest Information Clearinghouse. We take the time to contribute to new laws and regulations through consultation procedures and encourage the relatively large number of academics in our ranks to participate. In addition to various internal initiatives, many of our employees participate in political, social and/or cultural activities and events outside of work. “NautaDutilh`s asset and structured finance practice continues to provide the best legal advice in the market on complex structured finance transactions. Not only in the area of transactions backed by more traditional assets such as covered bonds and securitizations, but especially in bilateral and platform transactions. Even after working with this NautaDutilh team for over twenty years, I continue to be impressed by their speed and quality of service. “Having worked with Michaëla Ulrici on dozens of public and private structured finance transactions, she still manages to surprise me with brilliant new solutions and improvements to transaction structures. Michaëla is the lawyer you want to have on your team if you need fast and high-quality legal advice in the Dutch structured finance market.
“Mauricette Schaufeli: Very responsive and well-founded legal advice. An experienced competition lawyer who has her client`s interests in mind and remains true to her values and principles while remaining constructive with a “problem-solving” attitude. NautaDutilh draws on the strength of its regulatory, corporate, trade and financial experts to assist clients in shipping, aviation and other transportation sectors on a range of contentious and advisory issues. Erik Geerling is recommended for leasing work, restructuring, mortgage transactions and ship financing. Kasper Krzeminski is a name for cross-border disputes, including arbitration and litigation, while Teun Struycken handles restructuring and insolvency work, secured transactions, and asset-based asset financing and asset-based loan mandates internationally. Jolize Lautenbach handles public law work and regulatory compliance issues. “We worked directly with Terrence Dom and his combination of detailed legal advice combined with an excellent overview of practices in the `real world of business` made his advice essential and appropriate for our business.” We have offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels and Luxembourg, as well as in London and New York*. We support our customers in our national markets of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg as well as worldwide.
NautaDutilh is pleased to announce the creation of its insurance and reinsurance practice in Luxembourg, a new major step in the company`s continued expansion. The new practice group reflects increased client demand for legal services in the insurance industry. Diversity Committee We strongly believe that a diverse workforce benefits. It has been on our list of priorities since 2001. A more active approach was taken in 2005 with the creation of a company-wide diversity committee. Along with other law firms, we also launched the Women in Law (WIL) Program, a training program for young women lawyers designed to improve their soft skills and provide them with the tools they need to succeed in the legal profession. Our lawyers are truly international in practice and culture. Most have studied abroad, worked in our offices in London or New York* or in one of our “good friends” law firms abroad.
They travel regularly to meet with customers and consult with each other to truly understand and meet customer needs. They have a deep understanding of the many ways people from other cultures do business. NautaDutilh has permanent teams (Country Desks) to monitor presence and skills in markets other than Belgium, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Luxembourg. Our current teams follow market developments and players in China, India, Japan, Germany and France. Country Desks help NautaDutilh`s clients navigate their respective countries. Country Desks also help foreign clients find their way around the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. “The NautaDutilh team is unusual in the Netherlands in that they really understand contract arbitration and the legal issues it raises.” NautaDutilh attaches particular importance to combining expertise in areas relevant to its clients` businesses with an understanding of the underlying industries and their strategic and economic drivers. This approach defines NautaDutilh`s organization with its teams dedicated to specific sectors, including financial institutions, real estate, private equity, life sciences, healthcare, energy and natural resources. These teams are all multidisciplinary, combining in-depth industry knowledge with the highest level of legal expertise. Our clients benefit from our strong international network, which currently covers more than 140 jurisdictions around the world.
Law firms in this network include both full-service law firms and specialized law firms. Since our founding in 1724, we have maintained our strategy of being an independent law firm. As a result, our customers get the best value for money because we have no restrictions due to formal alliances or the fixed network related to cross-selling.