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Alexander Tanguy
Senior Associate Corporate & Finance
+32 2 5050960Brussels
+31 20 55 33 600Amsterdam
Languages
Dutch, French, English
Alexander advises financial investors, banks and private and public companies in all sectors on a wide array of domestic and cross-border lending transactions (unitranches /TLBs / syndicated lending / club deals and bilaterals), including leveraged and acquisition finance, real estate finance, project, infrastructure finance and asset finance, and corporate sustainability-linked financings. His practice further extends to restructurings and insolvencies and Euroclear-related matters.
Alexander is recognized by IFLR1000 as a “rising star” for banking and finance in both Belgium and The Netherlands, and by Legal500 as a “key lawyer” in Belgium.
Advised Triton and its portfolio company Hanab on their EUR605 million TLB refinancing and repricings.
Advised Capital A and its portfolio company Topzorggroep on the group financing and add-on acquisitions.
Advised Nomura on the financing of the acquisition of Coherent Solutions Inc. by Ice Lake Capital Management.
Advised Gilde Healthcare and its portfolio company Tromp Medical on the group's sustainability-linked financing.
Advised Ares on the unitranche financing to Blauwtrust group and De Hypothekers Associatie group.
Advised DNB Bank on the financing of Pandox AB’s Belgian hotel portfolio comprising The Hotel and the Hilton Grand Place in Brussels and subsequent refinancings
Advised Highbridge Capital Management and Whitebox Advisors on a €100 million equity line facility for Mithra Pharmaceuticals (Euronext Brussels).*
Advised Deutsche Bank on a margin loan transaction and a subsequent collar financing for a reference shareholder of Cofinimmo (Euronext Brussels).*
Advised JP Morgan Securities on a margin loan transaction for KBC Ancora, the main reference shareholder of KBC Group (Euronext Brussels).*
Advised Logitech, PMV and FPIM on the financing of the acquisition of Euroports Group, a major global port terminal operator.*
Advised Euroports Group, a major global port terminal operator, and its shareholders on the group's financing and acquisitions.*
Advised KBC Bank, Belfius and BNP Paribas Fortis as underwriters of the financing of the €1.1 billion acquisition by DPG Media of RTL Nederland. *
Advised KBC Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis and SMBC as lead arrangers on a EUR 500m sustainability-linked revolving facility agreement for Umicore SA (Euronext Brussels).*
Advised the syndicate of lenders on a €2.07 billion facility agreement for UCB (Euronext Brussels), for its acquisition of RA Pharmaceuticals. *
Advised the syndicate of lenders on the financing of the €1.7 billion acquisition by UCB (Euronext Brussels) of Zogenix. Inc*
Advised the lenders on the financing of the Belron group, owner of Carglass. *
Advised a syndicate of lenders, led by KBC Bank, on the refinancing and restructuring of the operations of a major services provider to the healthcare sector.*
Advised Antin Infrastructure Partners and Eurofiber on the latter’s EUR 1.5 billion sustainability-linked refinancing and additional financing.*
Advised AIMCO on the purchase of 100% of the shares in the company which owns the Docks Brussels shopping centre and subsequent refinancings. *
Advised Patrizia SE on the refinancing of its Solar real estate portfolio. *
Advised KBC Bank on a credit facility for AKKA Technologies SE (Euronext Paris). *
Advised Antin Infrastructure Partners on its €525 million term and revolving facilities agreement for the acquisition and refinancing of the Amedes group.*
Advised Eneco Wind Belgium on the sale of a 25% stake in Norther (offshore wind) to Diamond Offshore Wind Holdings II, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp, and the creation of a joint-venture vehicle.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.