Jason van de Pol

Jason van de Pol joined VBK’s Banking & Finance team as a lawyer and partner in November 2026. 

Jason has been a lawyer since 2008. Before joining VBK, he worked at Loyens & Loeff, Baker McKenzie and was a partner and head of the Banking & Finance practice at BarentsKrans. He subsequently ran Polestar Legal, his own boutique practice focused entirely on finance transactions. He was also seconded to Goldman Sachs in London.

Jason focuses on leveraged and corporate finance, real estate and project finance and asset-based finance and leasing. He advises on acquisition financings, refinancings, working capital and revolving credit facilities and treasury (cash pooling, intra-group loans and derivatives), as well as when a financing comes under pressure: on restructurings, covenant renegotiations, the termination of facilities, the enforcement of security and emergency funding. He acts for both lenders (banks, private debt funds and other alternative lenders) and borrowers, companies and private equity sponsors.

His transactions range from mid-market to large international financings and from bilateral loans to syndicated, club and unitranche structures, many of them cross-border with a Dutch law element.
He advises on the full range of finance documentation, including LMA-based facility agreements, intercreditor arrangements and security packages, and works closely with M&A teams on acquisitions.

What sets Jason apart is that he knows the market from both sides of the table. He knows what lenders will accept and where borrowers have room to negotiate. This allows him to close transactions efficiently and on market terms. Clients value his experience, his clear advice and his pragmatic approach.

Jason regularly provides training sessions for his clients.

Expertise

• Leveraged and acquisition finance
• Corporate lending, working capital finance and refinancings
• Syndicated lending and unitranche
• Finance and security
• Real estate finance
• Project finance
• Asset-based finance and leasing
• Financial restructurings and enforcement of security
• Treasury (cash pooling, intra-group loans and derivatives)

About Jason

In 2016, Jason successfully completed the renowned Grotius postgraduate specialisation course in Finance and Security.Jason is individually ranked in Chambers Europe and Chambers Global. He is co-lead of the energy table of Juristen voor een Duurzame Wereld (Lawyers for a Sustainable World).