Eric Blomme

Biography

Eric Blomme is a partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2015, after having acquired extensive experience in another international law firm. He is a recognised professional in the Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 legal directories.

Practice Focus

Eric advises both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of domestic and cross-border lending transactions. He focuses on acquisition finance, export finance / ECA-backed lending (with a particular focus on francophone Africa), trade and commodity finance, asset-backed finance / borrowing base lending and real estate finance. He is also an experienced adviser on restructurings and insolvencies.

Representative Legal Matters

Acted for Eurocontrol, the European organisation for the safety of Air Navigation, on its EUR 272,000,000 term loan facility co-arranged by HSBC, KBC and KfW Ipex Bank.
Acted for Luxembourg commodities trader and merchant Traxys on their USD 1,287,000,000 flagship multicurrency syndicated borrowing base credit facilities.
Acted for ING Belgium SA/NV and KBC Bank NV as lenders on the restructuring of the Le Pain Quotidien restaurant group.
Acted for ING and CACIB on a Credendo (the Belgian Export Credit Agency) backed financing to the ministry of finance of Ivory Coast.
Acted for Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance Hauts de France as arranger, agent and security agent in connection with the financing of the acquisition by Tikehau Capital of a 30,000 m² mixed-use real estate portfolio in the heart of Brussels.
Acted for Spanish tour operator Wamos SA on the bankruptcy and restructuring aspects of its purchase of two thirds of Thomas Cook Retail Belgium’s travel agent shops.
Acted for BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV and KBC Bank NV as senior lenders on the senior facilities for MashCo NV to buy marshmallows producer Mr Mallo.
Acted for private equity firm Ergon on the financing of the acquisition of tech talent company TMC.
Acted for potato product producer Agristo on their capex financing.
Acted for the lenders on the financing of the acquisition of ski resort operator SnowWorld by Alychlo, the investment company of Marc Coucke.

Admissions

New York~United States (2008)
Brussels~Belgium (2007)

Education

New York University School of Law (LLM, Fulbright scholar and Honorary BAEF fellow) (2007)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Law Degree, summa cum laude) (2006)