BELGIUM Law and Practice Contributed by: Michel Bonne, Hannelore Matthys and Virginie Lescot, Van Bael & Bellis
Van Bael & Bellis is a leading independent law firm based in Brussels, with offices in London and Geneva. Alongside its strong transactions practice, the firm is highly regarded for its ex - tensive expertise in EU competition, EU and international trade, and EU regulatory law. The firm is recognised as having some of the lead - ing, independent M&A, banking and finance and projects practices in Belgium. Its lawyers have in-depth experience in providing advice to clients in complex Belgian and cross-border
transactions, regularly advising international clients active in highly regulated industries. The team’s expertise extends to all aspects of finance and corporate law, including private M&A, public M&A and capital markets (debt and equity), project finance, insolvency and re - structuring, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate real estate transactions, corporate governance and corporate litigation, and acquisition finance.
Authors
Michel Bonne is a partner and head of the transactions practice (corporate M&A) at Van Bael & Bellis. He specialises in Belgian and cross-border M&A transactions and advises clients
Hannelore Matthys is a counsel at Van Bael & Bellis who specialises in Belgian and cross-border M&A transactions (both private and public), private equity and venture capital
on a wide range of corporate law issues, including restructuring work (distressed or not), public M&A (IPOs, secondary offerings and takeover bids), private equity and venture capital placements, real estate transactions, privatisations, joint ventures and acquisition finance structures. Michel’s practice covers a broad range of sectors, including renewable energy, media, finance, telecommunications, real estate, pharmaceuticals, aviation and biotech. His experience includes direct involvement in some of the highest-profile transactions in the Belgian market in recent years.
transactions, corporate (re)structuring and joint ventures. She has assisted sellers, buyers as well as management in a variety of sectors, including renewable energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and the food industry. She also has particular experience in handling complex distressed restructuring and insolvency matters.
Virginie Lescot is a counsel at Van Bael & Bellis who advises on all aspects of corporate law with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, company restructurings and
private equity transactions. In these fields, she assists international groups of companies, PE funds and local medium-sized companies in a variety of industry sectors.
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