NVP training: Acquisition Financing
“You’ll leave with actionable knowledge, fresh perspectives, and valuable new contacts.”
About
The NVP Academy, together with Deloitte & Rabobank, organizes the key topic training Acquisition Financing. In just two afternoon sessions, you’ll be taken step by step through the full financing journey, from determining financing needs to the contract phase and disbursement of funds. By combining the expertise of two leading players in the acquisition finance market, the process is highlighted from multiple perspectives, covering the roles and objectives of investors, companies, and financiers at each stage.
What makes this training a must go-to? You’ll gain first-hand insights from two of the leading names in acquisition finance, exploring the process from every angle: investor, company, and financier. Expect interactive case studies, real-world examples, and practical tools you can immediately apply in your own work. You’ll not only sharpen your skills to better support portfolio companies and achieve results, but also expand your network by connecting with peers facing the same challenges.
Why attend?
- Understand why debt is used by equity investors;
- Gain insight into the various financing solutions available in the market and the parties that offer these solutions;
- Obtain an understanding of the entire financing process, from the perspective of both the financier and the borrowing party;
- Focus on several key phases in the financing process, such as determining the credit need and identifying/approaching the right financier(s) from the demand side, as well as how a financier analyzes the credit request and the steps that need to be taken to arrive at a credit offer, addressing the common and opposing goals;
- Gain insight into several important components of a credit agreement, including the different types of credit agreements, the credit structure, pricing, covenants, baskets, and conditions precedent (CPs).
Program
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Speakers
Kimberly Voest, Lucas van de Ven, Ruud Roemeling, Martijn Raats and Jeroen Verstappen
- Kimberly Voest (Deloitte)
Kimberly is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Debt & Capital Advisory practice, advising clients across a wide range of financing markets and instruments.
She specialises in supporting private equity funds and their portfolio companies in structuring and raising debt financing. Kimberly has extensive experience working with leading private equity houses, including Rivean Capital, NPM Capital, and Vendis Capital, and she guides clients from strategic capital structure advice through to the successful execution of debt transactions, both domestically and cross-border. Deloitte Debt & Capital Advisory is the international market leader for mid-market direct lender transactions.
- Lucas van de Ven (Deloitte)
Lucas van de Ven is a Senior Manager within Deloitte’s Debt & Capital Advisory practice, specialising in advising clients across the full spectrum of financing markets and instruments.
He focusses on supporting private equity funds and PE-backed companies in securing optimal debt financing solutions, having advised amongst others Rivean Capital, NPM Capital, and Capital A. With extensive experience, Lucas provides strategic guidance on capital structure optimisation and identifies suitable sources of finance, managing the end-to-end process of debt raising for both domestic and cross-border transactions.
Deloitte Debt & Capital Advisory is the international market leader for mid-market direct lender transactions.
- Jeroen Verstappen (Deloitte)
Jeroen is a Partner in Deloitte’s Debt & Capital Advisory practice, that advises its clients on the complete spectrum of financing markets and instruments.
Jeroen co-heads the Dutch DCA Private Equity team, advising PE and PE-backed companies on obtaining the optimal debt financing. He has extensive experience in providing of strategic advice on the optimum capital structure and available sources of finance through to the execution of raising debt on both national an cross-border transactions. Deloitte Debt & Capital Advisory is the international market leader for mid-market direct lender transactions.
- Ruud Roemeling (Rabobank)
Ruud has over 20 years of comprehensive international experience in the financial services industry. In his current role as Director Acquisition Finance, servicing both domestic and international private equity investors he focuses on a wide variety of pragmatic (acquisition) finance solutions in the Dutch mid-market. Although being sector agnostic, with a background in civil engineering and technology management he has a slight preference for the manufacturing and construction industries.
- Martijn Raats (Rabobank)
Martijn has worked in business banking for more than 15 years and specialises in leveraged finance for mid-corporates. He is an all round banker with, next to leveraged finance, comprehensive experience in corporate finance, asset-based finance and financing scale-ups. As a deal captain he is responsible for negotiating and structuring the most complex leveraged finance transactions. Martijn has build up strong knowledge of the Brainport-ecosystem and financing of high tech companies.
For Whom?
This training is designed for anyone seeking further specialization in acquisition financing, including:
Analysts and associates, Investment managers and Employees of (associated) members with transaction experience and Alumni of the NVP Private Equity Essentials training.
Please note: the training is not intended for debt advisors.
Practical information
- Group size: max. 20 participants
- Duration: 2 half-days
- Language: English
- This training is part of the NVP Certified program
Contact
Would you like more information? Please contact the NVP Academy (academy@nvp.nl) or call +31 (0)20 571 22 70.
Note: This training is part of the NVP Certified program.
As many of our course participants work for international firms, the course language is determined based on the registrations. We offer courses in Dutch and English.
More information and a detailed schedule will follow! You can register now to ensure there is a spot for you in this training.

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