Anna Zwalve advises financial institutions and corporate clients on a wide variety of financing transactions. She has experience in syndicated and single bank loans, secured and unsecured financings, acquisitions, projects, asset-based lending, private placements, and restructurings. She also has experience advising on debt and equity capital markets transactions and securitizations.
Notable high-dollar matters that Anna has worked on include the financing of L1 Retail in connection with its acquisition of Holland & Barret from the The Nature's Bounty Co. and The Carlyle Group for £1.77 billion (US$2.25 billion) and the financing of Asia-Germany Industrial Promotion Limited (AGIC Capital), an Asian-European private equity investor focused on industrial technology companies in the European and North American mid-market, in connection with the acquisition and related financing of Fotona, a developer of high-tech laser systems and components, from private equity firm, The Gores Group.
Domestically, Anna recently advised private equity fim Gimv N.V. on the financing of their acquisition of Snack Connection B.V., a Dutch company specializing in purchasing, processing, mixing, and packaging nuts, kernels, seeds, subtropical fruits, and related products.
Anna has lectured and published on security interests, guarantees, and set-offs.
Experience
- Grotius Academy (Postgraduate courses on Banking & Securities Law and Finance & Securities Interests 2008); Leiden University (LL.M. in Business Law and LL.M. in Civil Law 2004)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands