EY Law maintains a number of offices in Belgium and frequently collaborates with a network of international firms to handle a wide range of cross-border corporate governance issues, restructurings, and M&A. The team is led by a consortium of lawyers across the country that encompasses restructuring experts Peter Suykens, Peter Suykens, and Angela Nowosad; transactional specialists Lindsey Clare, Herman De Wilde, and Lieven Bultinck; and private equity contact David Du Pont, who joined from Ashurst in October 2022.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘ The team provides excellent attention to requests made and timely response to needs of our company.’

  • ‘They have a very proactive approach to work we engage them to do. Respond promptly to acknowledge requests made and provide status updates as needed.’

  • ‘David Du Pont has a hands-on approach. Stays calm at all times. The team gets things done and are very pleasant to work with.’

  • ‘Solid M&A practice, versatile, hands-on partner involvement.'

Key clients

  • Unilin BV
  • Koramic Investment Group NV

Work highlights

  • Assisted Lambrechts Studeont NV with the sale of 100% of the shares in New Crown Service Partners NV.
  • Advised Tempus Thuisverpleging on various acquisitions in the home nursing sector.
  • Advised Finnish group Mirka Oy on an asset acquisition pursuant to which it acquired the distribution activity of its products in the Benelux from Dutch group Imbema.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Peter Suykens, David Du Pont, Angela Nowosad, Virginie Ciers, Herman De Wilde, Lieven Bultinck, Lindsey Clare