Dieter Veestraeten KC > ASTREA CVBA > Antwerp, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
ASTREA CVBA Offices
POSTHOFBRUG 6
B-2600 ANTWERP
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Dieter Veestraeten KC
Work Department
Banking & Finace, Company law and M&A, Insurance Law
Position
| Dieter Veestraeten has more than 20 years of experience in advising large Belgian and foreign banks, companies and multinationals in the field of international financial transactions (including acquisition finance, real estate finance, project finance, asset based lending, general corporate finance), restructuring and financial regulatory advice. Prior to joining Astrea in 2014, Dieter worked for International Top Tier Law firms in Antwerp and Brussels. Over the years he was involved in multiple Belgian and international transactions. Dieter is heading the Banking and Finance team which is integrated in Astrea’s Corporate and Finance department. He is also member of Astrea’s German Desk focusing on German speaking companies operating in the BeNeLux and Belgian companies operating in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. |
Career
(2014 – present) Astrea – Partner
(2001 – 2013) Loyens & Loeff – Lawyer
(2006) Seconded for 6 months to Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt
(2000 – 2001) De Bandt, Van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch – Lawyer
Languages
Dutch, English, French and German
Memberships
Dieter Veestraeten is a member of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers),IBA (International Bar Association) and BCFA (Belgian Corporate Finance Association)
Education
University of Antwerp (2004) – Master of Business Law
University of Konstanz (2000) – LLM
University of Leuven (1998) – Master of Laws (cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
In addition to handling work in the private equity space, ASTREA‘s transactional practice advises on strategic M&A in a wide array of sectors, with a particularly established base of media and automotive clients. The team’s portfolio of M&A work includes real estate transactions, start-up and scale-up investments, and cross-border deals. Frédéric Verspreeuwen, who advises on governance and litigation matters in addition to transactional work, co-leads the practice with private equity and venture capital expert Micha Van den Abeele and corporate finance specialist Dieter Veestraeten. Former practice co-head Steven De Schrijver left the team in late 2022.