Lawyers

Wouter Ghijsels

Wouter Ghijsels

Stibbe, Belgium

Work Department

Banking & Finance.

Position

Partner

Career

Wouter is the Managing Partner of the Brussels office of Stibbe. He advises financial institutions, corporate, and public sector clients on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financial transactions. Wouter has particular expertise in syndicated lending, acquisition finance, direct lending, property finance, project finance, and leveraged/management buyouts. He works closely with Stibbe's corporate and real estate partners.

Languages

Dutch, French, English.

Education

Graduated in Law from the University of Antwerp (2001) Master of Laws (LL.M.) from King’s College London, United Kingdom (2002) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2002 With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2002 (Partner since 2011) Postgraduate studies in corporate taxation at the Fiscale Hogeschool (2003) Seconded to the acquisition finance department of the London office of a global law firm (January 2006–April 2006) Managing Partner of the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2019

Mentions

Belgium

Banking, finance and capital markets

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