Jones Day announced that Pim van Leersum has joined the Firm as a Partner in its Financial Markets Practice and is based in Amsterdam.

Mr. van Leersum has over 16 years of experience advising clients on corporate finance, restructuring and capital markets matters, with a particular focus on leveraged or complex transactions. He regularly counsels both borrowers and lenders worldwide on their strategic finance and treasury requirements, acquisition finance, project finance and real estate finance projects and restructurings.

“Pim has been involved in some of the most prominent financing transactions in the Dutch market,” said Alban Caillemer du Ferrage, Chair of the EMEA and APAC regions of Jones Day’s Financial Markets Practice. “He is a versatile practitioner with experience in several niches within the financial markets, and he has a keen understanding of key commercial and legal issues across the leveraged finance space. I’m delighted to welcome him to Jones Day.”

At Jones Day, Mr. van Leersum joins a team of nearly 320 lawyers worldwide in the Financial Markets Practice, who advise clients on the full range of complex cross-border financial transactions, regulatory matters, investigations and litigation. The group represents a diverse client base of global financial institutions, issuers, borrowers, funds, asset managers and fintech companies. Jones Day’s Financial Markets Practice has helped clients close more than $1 trillion in financing transactions over the last five years, including many precedent-setting financings.

“Pim is highly regarded in the Dutch business and legal communities for his skilled work on a number of high-stake leveraged financings in the Netherlands and throughout Europe,” said Yvan Desmedt, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day’s Amsterdam Office. “We are delighted that he has chosen to join Jones Day and look forward to working alongside him here in Amsterdam.”

Mr. van Leersum earned an LLM degree in Corporate and Financial Law and an MSc degree in Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Legal 500 and IFLR1000.

“Jones Day’s global Financial Markets Practice has worked on some of the most significant financing transactions around the world and I am honored to join this great team of lawyers who are focused on client service excellence,” said Mr. van Leersum. “I look forward to working with my new colleagues in Amsterdam and around the world to help our clients achieve their strategic business objectives.”