People
Jonathan Heeringa
Biography
Jonathan is experienced in debt capital markets and asset‑backed financing transactions.
He has published articles on European securitisations, co‑authored part of The Banking Regulation Guide 2022 (Thomson Reuters, Practical Law), and regularly lectures for the postgraduate course Grotius. He previously served as Managing Partner of the Netherlands from 2022 to 2025. Jonathan advises across the spectrum of debt capital markets, including convertible and exchangeable bond issues, debt programmes and drawdowns, liability management transactions (exchange offers and tender offers), securitisations and covered bond issues. Jonathan has been ranked as a Debt Capital Markets Band 1 lawyer by Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR1000. “We really appreciate working with Jonathan Heeringa for his longstanding and deep experience in the field of Dutch capital markets” Chambers 2026.
Practice areas
- Capital markets
- Environmental social and governance
- Covered bonds
- Debt capital markets
- Insurance
- Finance
- Structured finance, securitizations and CLOs
Sectors
- Banks
- Financial institutions
- Insurance
- Consumer and retail
Selected experience
- EUR300m: Dutch insurance group ASR’s Restricted Tier 1 issue.
- USD800m: Aegon’s SEC-registered 30NC10 Solvency II compliant Tier 2 issue (first SEC registered Solvency II compliant tier 2).
- EUR200m: NIBC Bank’s inaugural AT1 issue.
- EUR500m: Alliander’s refinancing of a corporate hybrid bond.
- KPN on a tender offer for EUR1bn outstanding notes and a new notes issue of EUR1.25 bn.
- The joint lead managers on the USD575m Tier 2 notes issuance by VIVAT.
- Credit Europe Bank on its EUR150m Tier 2 notes issuance.
- A global financial institution on its divestment of a portfolio of non-performing loans to Attestor.
- FrieslandCampina on the establishment of its EUR1bn Euro Commercial Paper Programme.
- The joint lead managers on up to appr. 20 separate issues annually by Nederlandse Waterschapsbank under its EMTN Programme.
Admissions
- Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2003
- Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Financieel recht
Languages
- English
- Dutch