Micha Van den Abeele KC > ASTREA CVBA > Antwerp, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
ASTREA CVBA Offices
POSTHOFBRUG 6
B-2600 ANTWERP
Belgium
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Micha Van den Abeele KC
Work Department
Corporate law and M&A, Real Estate, Banking & Finance
Position
As a partner at Astrea, Micha Van den Abeele specializes in corporate law, national and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions. Micha has in-depth experience in corporate real estate, setting up joint ventures, and assisting in acquisition and investment transactions of project developers.
She advises not only on the transaction, but also on pre- and post-closing, such as joint ventures and agreements with shareholders, landowners, managers and architects. In addition, Micha and her team support start-ups, scale-ups and listed companies in their legal obligations, ranging from drafting complex contracts to advising boards of directors on general corporate law and business organizations.
With her technical background Micha is part of Astrea’s corporate team. She is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Women’s Law Network (WLN).
Career
(2017 – present) Astrea – Partner
(2008 – 2017) Astrea – Lawyer
Languages
Dutch, English, French and German (basic)
Memberships
Micha Van den Abeele is a member of IBA (International Bar Association) and the WLN (Women’s Law Network)
Education
University of Ghent (2008) – Master of Taxation (magna cum laude)
University of Ghent (2007) – 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.