Stijn Harder

Attorney-at-law | Associate
Stijn Harder

Stijn advises on cross-border bank, financing and structured financing transactions, including acquisition finance, asset-based finance, and syndicated and bilateral loans. He also advises lenders and distressed companies in company restructurings and insolvency-related matters.

In secondary school, Stijn was the Dutch and Benelux debating champion. During his student years, he worked as a debating coach for companies, schools and debating teams.

  • Advised Büter Group, a leading player in the European hydraulics industry, in connection with its sale to NPM Capital, the investment arm of the family-company SHV Group.
  • Advising the shareholders of Recharge.com, including the founders, on selling their shares in GC Holding B.V. to Coda. CG Holding B.V. operates under the name Recharge.com and is the European market leader in mobile top-up, gift cards and prepaid money. Coda is the global market leader in digital content monetization.
  • Advising Freshstream Investments LLP on entering into a strategic partnership with leading Dutch jewellery and lifestyle brand ‘My Jewellery’, together with CEO and founder Sharon Hilgers and CFO/CTO Vilmar Bliekendaal.
  • LL.M. Civil Law (Leiden University)
  • L.B. Dutch Law (University of Amsterdam)
  • Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 2025

Expertise

Banking & Finance
Financial institutions must adapt their processes and financing structures to changing capital requirements and stricter European rules of conduct. These developments have a direct impact on transactions and require continuous attention to compliance in a market subject to regulatory oversight.
Banking & Finance
Financial institutions must adapt their processes and financing structures to changing capital requirements and stricter European rules of conduct. These developments have a direct impact on transactions and require continuous attention to compliance in a market subject to regulatory oversight.
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