Amaranta Rutz

Amaranta advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including syndicated lending, acquisition finance, real estate finance, trade and export finance, financial restructuring, general financing operations and security interests.

Amaranta is mentioned as a rising star in the field of banking and finance by publications including IFLR. She has a Master of Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2024.

• Advised Natixis S.A. as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner, coordinator and documentation agent in relation to the refinancing of T.P.F. SA.
• Advised Monument Assurance Belgium NV as lender in relation to the refinancing of certain financial indebtedness of Ghelamco Invest NV.
• Advised Monument Assurance Belgium NV as lender in relation to the refinancing and debt restructuring of Codic International SA.
• Advised the sponsors in relation to the financing of offshore wind farm projects in the Belgian North Sea.
• Advised Belgian banks as lenders in relation to a DBFM project for the construction of penitentiary facilities in Belgium.
• Advised several lenders in relation to several Belgian ECA backed export financings for projects in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Bénin, Sénégal.
• Advised a medical technology company on convertible bridge loan and credit facility restructuring.
• Advised Sequana Medical NV, a pioneer in fluid overload treatment, on a EUR 6.1 million convertible bridge loan from five shareholders. Included funding structure and shareholder participation.
• Advised BNP Paribas Fortis SA/NV as Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arranger and the other Finance Parties on a bridge and revolving facilities agreement for Interparking SA.
• Advised KBC Bank NV and the lenders with respect to a financing for Securex Corporate SA.
• Advised KBC Bank NV as documentation agent and a club of lenders on the refinancing of a revolving facility entered into by the Agfa-Gevaert group, a developer and manufacturer of analogue and digital imaging systems and IT solutions, by way of a new sustainability linked revolving facility.
• Advised an investment fund in relation to the financing of the acquisition of the Finance Tower in Brussels.
• Advised the lender in relation to the financing of the acquisition and redevelopment of the Manhattan Tower in Brussels.