Pieter is a Dutch (advocaat) and English (solicitor) qualified lawyer with 35 years of experience. He focuses on cross-border financing transactions including export, trade and commodities finance and asset-backed finance as well as public international law (more in particular the law of the sea) and maritime law. Pieter also has a broad experience in debt capital markets and derivatives transactions. Pieter’s clients include financial institutions, institutional and private equity investors, corporates and public authorities.
The transactions he works on often have a bespoke character, requiring creative and sound multi-disciplinary legal solutions, which are facilitated by his knowledge of common law and civil law as well as his ability to advise and transact in French, Portuguese, German and Dutch, in addition to English.
Pieter has been recognised by leading legal publications, Chamber’s & Partners, ILFR1000 and Legal 500 for his technical skill, client service and contribution to the legal industry. He has a doctoral degree from the University of Hamburg (summa cum laude) for his dissertation named 'UU fishing and the obligations of vessel owner states: A West African perspective' dealing with state responsibility for illegal fishing in the exclusive economic zones of West African countries.
