Mr Jérôme Vermeylen > ALTIUS > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

The practice at ALTIUS is commended for its ‘strong collaboration between the departments, allowing it to offer a very complete and thorough advice’. With vast experience supporting clients on data protection, digital law and compliance projects, members of the team are adept at handling a wide range of matters for clients including digital service providers and developers. Gerrit Vandendriessche leads the team, regularly advising on data protection, AI, and cryptocurrency related matters. Vandendriessche also focuses on data protection litigation. Jérôme Vermeylen  is key to the team, with a focus on M&A and corporate reorganisations for IT clients.

ALTIUS‘s multi-disciplinary team assists non-profit organisations across a broad spectrum of legal issues, covering corporate, intellectual property and regulatory matters, as well as antitrust, employment and data protection law. Jérôme Vermeylen heads the practice and advises numerous clients in the sector on corporate matters such as their establishment, status and functioning. Carmen Verdonck represents national and international non-profit associations in all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law.

The banking and finance team at ALTIUS assists on both borrower and lender-side transactions domestically and internationally, regularly working in acquisition finance, asset finance, real estate finance, and capital markets. Audrey Zegers and Jérôme Vermeylen co-lead the team: Zegers has a particular focus on the regulatory matters. The team’s increasing focus on sustainable finance is particularly notable.

The combination of ‘full-service approach and high level of technical expertise’ marks ALTIUS as ‘a leading law firm in the Belgian market’, with a corporate and M&A team which works closely with acquisition finance, tax, and employment partners in transactions and due diligence investigations. Tom Vantroyen is ‘a seasoned corporate lawyer with particular expertise in PE’, often taking on cross-border M&A transactions. Vantroyen co-heads the team with Jérôme Vermeylen and Marie Brasseur; Vermeylen’s practice focuses on M&A, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations while Brasseur has specific expertise in the renewable energy sector.