About
Tim is counsel in the finance team in our firm’s Amsterdam office and joined the firm in 2013.
Tim specialises in lending (including leveraged acquisition financing and asset based financing), infrastructure finance and restructuring and workouts of companies in financial distress.
His clients include private equity firms, corporates and financial institutions.
Known for his "depth of expertise, combined with commercial approach", Tim has represented companies and financial institutions in a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing matters, and has acted on the most complex restructurings in the Dutch market over the past years.
Tim was recognised as a "Next Generation Partner" in the 2025 edition of "the Legal 500".
His recent (leveraged) financing and lending experience includes advising:
- global and Dutch PE sponsors on numerous leveraged acquisition financing and refinancing transactions;
- various infrastructure funds on the financing of their investments;
- a number of Dutch corporates (including Wereldhave and Enexis) on their Dutch investment grade credit facilities;
- various Dutch and international lending syndicates (including Goldman Sachs, JPM and HSBC) on multiple investment grade credit facilities provided to Dutch corporates.
His recent restructuring experience includes advising:
- an ad hoc Group of RCF lenders in respect of Dutch bike manufacturer Accell;
- the restructuring expert appointed in respect of McDermott’s Dutch WHOA proceedings;
- Siemens Energy on the conclusion of a 'guarantee package' and on measures strengthening its balance sheet;
- HAL Investments on the acquisition of IQIP and financial restructuring of Royal IHC through a Dutch WHOA process;
- the restructuring expert in the Gym-case;
- the security holder in relation to the restructuring and insolvency of Dutch toy retailer Intertoys B.V. and the enforcement sale of the business;
- management of Lebara in relation to negotiations with the ad hoc group of bondholders on the financial restructuring of Lebara;
- certain lenders, the security agent and the common agent for the entire financing transaction in respect of Dutch company Royal Imtech, including the enforcement actions following its insolvency.
Tim Elkerbout
Strawinskylaan 10
P.O. Box 75299