Eric Blomme | People | Baker McKenzie

Biography

Eric Blomme is a counsel 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.

Practice Focus

Eric advises both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of domestic and cross-border lending transactions. His core practice consists of acquisition finance, trade and commodity finance (including borrowing base lending) and export finance (esp. ECA-backed lending transactions).

Representative Legal Matters

Acted for the lenders on the financing of the acquisition of ski resort operator SnowWorld by Alychlo, the investment company of Marc Coucke
Acted for the lenders on a bridge loan for Euronext listed steel wire company Bekaert
Acted for the lenders on the financing of the entry of Indufin Capital Partners in IT service provider Cheops
Acted for the lenders on the financing of the acquisition of snack producer Vanreusel by private equity firm Ergon
Acted for mining and metals company Nyrstar on the USD 125 million refinancing of a zinc prepayment transaction
Acted for commodities trader and merchant Traxys on the USD 1.5 billion refinancing of their borrowing base facilities
Acted for molecular diagnostics company Biocartis on a EUR 24 million project financing provided by European Investment Bank
Acted for BNP Paribas Fortis on a Credendo-backed export financing for a Turkish borrower
Acted for the lenders on the financing of an add-on acquisition for sports nutrition company Aminolabs
Acted for the lenders on the EUR 176 million financing of several add-on acquisitions by specialty building materials company Fedrus

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)

Languages

Dutch
English
French

Publications

Author, "Proposed New Belgian Companies Code: so what for Lenders?," June 2018

Author, "Entry into effect of Belgian Security over Movables Act on 1 January 2018 - User manual national pledge register offers practical guidance," December 2017

Author, "Belgian insolvency code to alter rights of secured creditors in and before judicial reorganization," August 2017

Author, "Borrowing Base Lending Under the Belgian Security Over Movables Act," December 2016

Author, "Borrowing Base kredietverlening onder de nieuwe Pandwet," Financieel Forum / Bank- en Financieel Recht, 298-310, 2016