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Experience

As Chief Legal Officer, I operated at the intersection of law, business and strategy.
 

Representative experience includes:
 

— sole legal lead on a EUR 62 million equity investment at holding company level, without external counsel
 

— design and contractual structuring of co-investment frameworks between controlling shareholders and project-level investment vehicles
 

— resolution of complex legal and structural issues in an international development project, including contractual remediation, governance restructuring and execution coordination
 

— design of bespoke co-ownership and governance structures for complex mixed-use real estate developments
 

— coordination of cross-border legal workstreams across Belgium, Italy, Spain, Cape Verde and the Netherlands involving acquisitions, disposals, financing and strategic commercial matters
 

— oversight of the full legal function of an international real estate investment and development platform, covering transactions, governance, disputes, insurance, employment, IP, regulatory and commercial matters
 

— structuring of joint ventures with developers, investors and strategic partners
 

— coordination of forward purchase and forward funding transactions for large-scale asset disposals

— board advisory on governance, conflict-of-interest matters and strategic decision-making

Before my role as CLO, I spent twelve years in private practice (Linklaters and Argo), including as partner, advising on significantdomestic and cross-border strategic transactions (ranging between EUR 10 and 350 million in deal size).

Representative experience includes:
 

— advising on high-value public and private M&A transactions, including strategic acquisitions, competitive auction processes, carve-outs and transformational disposals

— acting on private equity transactions across the full investment lifecycle, from platform acquisitions and buy-and-build strategies to exits, reinvestment structures, management incentive plans and shareholder reorganisations

— advising a major Belgian media group on strategic acquisitions and divestments, including post-acquisition claims management

— advising on the buy-and-build of a sponsor-backed senior living platform, including acquisitions and multiple subsequent exit transactions

— advising on the IPO of a Belgian listed infrastructure investor, alongside broader equity capital markets transactions including rights issues, debt offerings and listed company capital raisings

— advising major industrial groups, entrepreneurial businesses and investors on strategic transactions, joint ventures and complex investment structuring

— negotiating shareholder arrangements, governance frameworks and bespoke commercial arrangements in high-value investment contexts

— leading cross-border transactions execution involving multiple jurisdictions, specialist advisers and international counsel

"Judgement
shaped
on both sides
of the table"

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