Mr Wim Dedecker > Liedekerke > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Liedekerke
BOULEVARD DE L'EMPEREUR 3 KEIZERSLAAN
PO-MBD-2023-154
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
Wim Dedecker photo

Work Department

Corporate and M&A, Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Wim Dedecker is part of the Corporate and Finance Practice Group.

His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions (including private equity), capital market transactions and corporate reorganizations. He also provides advice on general corporate and securities laws matters. His experience includes assisting clients across sectors, notably in the industrial, financial and private equity sectors.

Languages

Dutch, English, French

Memberships

Wim is a member of Vereniging voor Advocaten in het Beursrecht (ABF), Europese Vereniging voor Bank en Financieel Recht – België (AEDBF/EVBFR-Belgium), Berkeley Club of Belgium, Fulbright Alumni Belgium and the Legal Diversity & Inclusion Alliance.

Education

Wim holds a law degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Antwerp (2009) and a master of
laws (LL.M) from the University of California Berkeley (2011) where he was a Fulbright grantee. He
also studied at the Université Paris Descartes (2009).

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Next Generation Partners)

Wim DedeckerLiedekerke

Liedekerke‘s ‘knowledgeable and dedicated’ banking, finance, and capital markets offerings boasts experience advising Belgian banks, corporate, and private equity clients. Its capital markets practice covers both equity and debt capital market transactions, with particular expertise in secondary market transactions of securities issued by real estate investment funds. Damien Conem heads the practice group, with Freya Mareels leading the banking and finance practice and Wim Dedecker heading up the capital markets practice. Thomas Vanthournout is noted for his work in project finance matters, and was promoted to partner in January 2025.

Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

Wim Dedecker

Liedekerke

Liedekerke‘s corporate and M&A practice is ‘simply outstanding’, with expansive experience in shareholder buyouts, start-up funding, distressed M&A, and market entry acquisitions. It often handles cross-border matters, both inbound and outbound, and has particular expertise regarding real estate companies. Practice head Damien Conem leverages restructuring and private equity knowledge in his work for corporate clients, while capital markets is an element of Wim Dedecker‘s practice, which often involves energy sector clients. Christel Van den Eynden is a go-to for corporate governance matters, and Céline Tallier is also recommended.