Serra is an independent financial advisor based in Amsterdam.
We help companies raise new capital — whether through debt financing, refinancing or equity — and support them during challenging times such as turnarounds & restructurings.
Our clients include business owners, management teams, private equity firms, family offices and lenders. This gives us insight into every side of the table and helps us align interests where it matters most.
Our offering is enhanced by a trusted network of over 100 free lance - thoroughly onboarded - advisors. They provide us access to various industry networks, government agencies, niche product expertise and overall enhance our execution capability.
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Raising Capital
Serra has a broad network of lenders and investors, with whom we have long-term relationships built on trust.
Debt Financing
We work on debt transactions from EUR 10 million to exposures of several hundred million, helping our clients get the best sources of debt and achieving the best transaction structure and terms. We are flexible on engagement terms and have good access to and understanding of private debt providers.
Equity Funding
We also help companies raise equity from EUR 5 million and up. Often for scale-ups with growth ambitions or companies entering a new phase. We help you prepare your equity case, approach the right investors and stay involved throughout the process. Flexible contract terms, good access and open feedback on funding approach, probability of success and focus.
Track Record
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Rescue financing listed company
Sector: Retail
Role: Advisor to core shareholders
Description: structuring & monitoring a EUR 20m new money transaction to a listed troubled company
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Working capital strategy
Sector: Retail brand
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Designing a working capital strategy to accommodate fashion scale-up
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Institutional fundraising
Sector: Real estate / Financial services
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assisting on raising institutional funding (+ EUR 100m) for residential ground lease product
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Growth capital for buy and build strategy
Sector: IT
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Raising new debt financing for portfolio of companies
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Buyout minority shareholder
Sector: Financial services
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assisting on raising debt to buy-out minority shareholder
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Commodity finance
Sector: Financial services
Role: Advisor to bank business unit
Description: Assisting on designing a new commodity finance product
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New funding for troubled company
Sector: Shipping
Role: Advisor to key stakeholder
Description: Structure & execute new money transaction for troubled company
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Debt financing & exit preparation
Sector: Fintech
Role: Advisor to founding shareholder
Description: Assistance on debt capital, overall strategy & preparation for sale
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Fundraising US investment fund
Sector: Financial services
Role: Advisor to asset manager
Description: Assist in building-out European investor base for US investment fund
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Amend & extend of credit facility
Sector: Industrials
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assistance on extension of existing syndicated debt package
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Supplier finance program
Sector: Retail
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assist on designing supplier finance program
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Acquisition finance for carve out
Sector: Financial services
Role: Advisor to bidder
Description: Assisting on bid and financing strategy for carve-out
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Selecting debt capital instrument
Sector: Building materials
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assisting on choosing the right debt instrument and subsequently executing the debt capital market debut
Turnarounds & Restructurings
We help our clients navigate through corporate restructurings and amendments, which can be lengthy and come with many pitfalls. We assist our clients in doing the right thing at the right time, independently. When do clients engage us?
Liquidity issues
Likely loan covenant breaches
Refinancing challenges, extensions and amendments
Stress or imminent conflict in the capital structure, often between shareholders but occasionally also inter-creditor related
When management is in need of a trusted advisor, to accommodate positioning independent from shareholders and creditors
We quickly assess the situation, help to re-define near- and medium-term objectives and explore realistic options. We operate under flexible contract terms and our mode of operation can be front end or behind the scenes.
Track Record
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Amend & extend of credit facility
Sector: Technology
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assisting management team with discussions with core lenders and shareholders on extending & amending core debt financing
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Assisting junior bondholders
Sector: Retail
Role: Advisor to junior creditor
Description: Assisting junior bondholders in a senior lender led EUR 800m corporate debt restructuring
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Secondary debt transaction
Sector: Media
Role: Advisor to buyer
Description: Execute loan to own strategy for control seeking investor
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Intensive credit monitoring
Sector: Financial services
Role: Advisor to non-bank creditor
Description: Assistance on multi year monitoring credit exposure to troubled company
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Second opinion on debt restructuring
Sector: Media
Role: Advisor to supervisory board
Description: Provided a second opinion on a debt capital restructuring plan
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Amend & extend transaction
Sector: Logistics
Role: Advisor to controlling shareholder
Description: Enforced a change of management and coordinated an amend & extend with existing creditors
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Prepare debt restructuring plan
Sector: Shipping
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Explore opportunity for comprehensive capital restructuring
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Management support in restructuring
Sector: Trading
Role: Advisor to management team
Description: Navigate company through comprehensive restructuring of troubled parent (multi-billion capital structure)
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Intensive credit monitoring
Sector: Energy
Role: Advisor to non-bank creditor
Description: Assistance on multi-year monitoring and management of credit exposure to troubled company. Recovery optimisation.
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Comprehensive financial restructuring
Sector: Publishing
Role: Advisor to company
Description: Assist in restructuring and increase of debt facilities
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Funding strategic carve-out
Sector: Real estate
Role: Advisor to bidder
Description: Assisting on designing strategy for a carve-out opportunity
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Restructuring VC investment
Sector: Online retailer
Role: Advisor to leading shareholder
Description: Assistance on designing restructuring alternatives for troubled investment
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Secondary loan portfolios
Sector: Financial services
Role: Advisor to bank business unit
Description: Assisting on prospective purchase of secondary loan portfolio
Team
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Tido van Wieringen
More than 25 years experience in banking & finance. Before Serra he worked for ABN AMRO in Amsterdam and New York
Held positions in DCM, High Yield, Project Finance, Debt Restructuring and Distressed Debt Investments
MSc in Macro Economics from the University of Amsterdam
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Yerel Ertekin
More than 20 years experience in banking & finance. Previously with ABN AMRO and RBS in Amsterdam
Held positions in Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring, and Distressed Debt Investments
MSc in Economics from the University of Rotterdam
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Kees Stapel
More than 15 years experience in banking and finance. Previously with ABN AMRO, RBS and Houlihan Lokey in Amsterdam and Sydney
Held positions in Capital Structuring, M&A, Debt Restructuring and Special Situations
MSc in Industrial Engineering & Management from the University of Twente
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Job Sintenie
Interim manager and financial adviser
More than 25 years experience in banking and finance. Previously with years at ABN AMRO & RBS within various structured finance teams (including syndicated project loans)
Former non-executive director RBS Netherlands pension fund
CFA and MSc in Computer Science from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Carien Bartels
Interim HR manager
Experience in talent acquisition, talent management, leadership development, integrations and reorganizations
Carien held positions at ABN AMRO, EY and Robert Walters in Amsterdam
MSc in Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Partnerships & Affiliates
Serra Network Partners - The formalised network organisation of Serra. Network consists of 100+ seasoned financial professionals with more than 10yrs of international experience
The Value Department - A diverse network of senior professionals supporting businesses in executing organizational transformation and new growth strategies. Sustainability and circularity is the common denominator of its projects. The Value Department and Serra Network Partners work closely together to jointly manage both network enhanced organizations
Bazel Commodities - A liquidity provider to producers, traders and processors of physical commodities
European Recoveries Group - A special situations vehicle focused on management of claims, illiquid positions and non-core assets
