Julie Van der Meersche is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Finance Department.

Julie has experience across a broad range of cross-border finance transactions, with a focus on leveraged finance and acquisition finance, and represents sponsors, corporate borrowers, financial institutions, and other lenders.

Julie’s experience includes advising:

  • Nordic Capital in connection with its acquisition of Care Fertility, a leading fertility clinic group
  • Vizrt, a global leader in production software for live video production, in relation to the structuring and refinancing of its capital structure
  • Nordic Capital on the financing for its investment in Nordax Group in connection with Nordax Group’s acquisition of Bank Norwegian
  • Permira on the financing for their acquisition of Neuraxpharm Group, a European specialty pharmaceutical company
  • Platinum Equity in connection with the bank financing of its acquisition of Biscuit International Group
  • PAI Partners on the LBO financing for the acquisition of Koninklijke Wessanen, a leading healthy and sustainable food company
  • CVC and its portfolio company Domestic & General, the UK’s leading appliance care specialist, in the refinancing of D&G’s existing capital structure with new bond issuances and revolving credit lines
  • Platinum Equity in connection with the senior financing of its acquisition of the Iberconsa group
  • Soho House, an international private members’ club, in relation to its financing matters

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)
  • New York

Education

  • LLM, Duke University School of Law, 2013
  • Master in European Economic and Regulatory Law, Ghent University School of Law, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Dutch
  • French

Practices