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Paul Orij

Senior Associate

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Paul is a senior associate in the Banking and Finance group. He works on various types of financing transactions, as well as on corporate M&A transactions.

Paul advises international banks, financial investors and borrowers on financing transactions. He is particularly focussed on real estate and leveraged finance. In addition he regularly advises corporate clients on M&A transactions.

Expertise

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Banking & finance
Real estate finance
Corporate finance
Acquisition & leveraged finance

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 LLM Corporate Law, Leiden University
2016 LLB Law and business studies, Leiden University
2016 LLB Dutch Law, Leiden University

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2016 LLM Corporate Law, Leiden University
2016 LLB Law and business studies, Leiden University
2016 LLB Dutch Law, Leiden University

Additional languages

English Dutch

Experience

Advising Invesco Real Estate on major international partnership with Westmont

We have advised Invesco Real Estate (Invesco), the global real estate investment manager, on its new strategic long-term partnership with Westmont, one of the largest private hotel property owners and operators with approximately 400 hotels in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Westmont will operate and co-invest in the portfolio of 13 IHG branded hotels located in key cities in Germany and the Netherlands.

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Berenberg Bank on the financing of the Hungarian solar park Szügy

Comprehensive legal advice to German private bank Berenberg regarding the financing and the review of the borrower legal due diligence in connection with the development of the Hungarian solar park "Szügy" (65 MWp) of the international EPC & solar park developer Greencells Group, for which the Berenberg Green Energy Junior Debt Fund III provides junior debt financing for the construction and commissioning phase.

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