Matthieu Duplat
Jones Day
Jones Day
Client SatisfactionJones Day fields a financial markets team of experts who provide ‘advice of high quality and work very pro-actively’, with increasing expertise acting for large private equity funds. Its growing securitisation and secured finance offering is particularly notable, as is its established debt capital markets practice. Ferdinand Brughmans, Matthieu Duplat, and Michèle Grégoire co-head the offering: Brughmans ’a problem solver’ with longstanding leveraged and acquisition finance expertise; Duplat is a go-to for capital market transactions, and Grégoire is highlighted for her focus on business restructuring.
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Testimonials
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‘The standout thing about working with Jones Day Brussels is that, for a big global form, the practice still feels very personal. Of course, they also have the expertise required to handle a global markets file.'
‘Ferdinand Brughmans is very pragmatic in his approach and a problem solver.’
‘Jones Days managed extremely smoothly to collaborate with other law firms and stakeholders involved in a complex and multi-jurisdictional high value transaction. In the end, this resulted in a successful closing, which in the end is what matters.’
‘Ferdinand Brughmans is very much aware of the internal fights that an in-house counsel faces in these transactions and he can always produce a solution that can be presented the management.'
- 'Laurent Vercauteren is clearly a team player and feels right at home in complex transactions.'
‘The collaboration with Jones Day can be considered to be quasi perfect. They provide advice of high quality and work very pro-actively.’
Key clients
- Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France
- Belfius Bank
- BNP Paribas Fortis
- ABN AMRO Bank
- ING Belgium NV/SA
- Vibrantz Corporation
- KBC Bank
- CNCM
Work highlights
- Advised BNP Paribas Fortis, ING Belgium, and KBC Bank NV on the granting of EUR420m of facilities to Agristo.
- Advised ABN Amro Bank, Belfius Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, and KBC Bank NV on the refinancing of a floating storage and regasification unit by Exmar.
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Practice head
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Ferdinand Brughmans, Matthieu Duplat, Michèle Grégoire