NautaDutilh‘s corporate practice is active across the Benelux region, with regional clients frequently instructing the team to advise on strategic transactions, private equity and venture capital deals, and restructuring projects that span across the three Benelux jurisdictions. In addition to its Benelux-based work, which also encompasses complex joint ventures, corporate governance, and corporate litigation matters, the team is regularly instructed by international clients to handle the Belgian aspects of global transactions. The team is co-led by Nicolas de Crombrugghe, who excels at handling M&A in regulated sectors such as energy and financial services, private equity expert Philippe Remels, and Dirk Van Gerven, whose ’legal excellence‘ encompasses a wide range of M&A and restructuring matters.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘A competent team with smart strategies.’
‘Very experienced team with leading professionals who strive for excellence. Outstanding technical skills and legal expertise, availability, business understanding, and pragmatism. ’
‘Very user-friendly team, with a "can do"-attitude.’
- ‘The furm gives excellent, pragmatic, commercially-oriented advice.’
‘Dirk Van Gerven is super-responsive and gives good, strategic, calm advice.
‘Dirk Van Gerven is in my opinion one of the best commercial, corporate and M&A lawyers in Belgium. Outstanding leadership, legal excellence, and creativity when dealing with complex transactions and structures.’
Key clients
- ABN AMRO Bank
- Cloostermans-Huwaert Group
- Colruyt
- ENGIE
- Johnson & Johnson
- Route Mobile
- Royal BAM Group
- Suazio
- Swissport
- Technip Energies
- Vanbreda Risk & Benefits
Work highlights
- Advised Technip Energies on the creation of its hydrogen joint venture Rely with John Cockerill.
- Assisted the shareholders of Suazio with their sale to Namsa and their reinvestment.
- Advised the Cloostermans-Huwaert Group on Amazon's acquisition of all shares in Innovation C² BV, the holding company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dirk Van Gerven, Philippe Remels, Nicolas de Crombrugghe