Mr Patrick Geeraert > KPMG Law in Belgium > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
KPMG Law in Belgium Offices
KPMG Law, Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal 1K
1930 Zaventem
Belgium
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Mr Patrick Geeraert
Work Department
Business and Commercial - Corporate and M&A
Position
Partner of the Corporate and M&A team
Career
Patrick focuses on corporate and commercial law in general, and on mergers and acquisitions in specific.
Patrick has assisted a variety of companies with respect to their corporate transactions, acquisition and reorganization projects, including: Umicore, CEBEO, EverZinc, Engie/Electrabel, Macquarie Group, Hal Investments, NPM Capital, Statkraft, Idexx Laboratories, GTCR, INEOS, 3i and Oxbow.
Patrick has broad experience in coordinating legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating all transaction documentation and advising on the post-acquisition and integration phase. Patrick regularly advises in a multi-jurisdictional context.
Before joining KPMG Law in 2015, Patrick worked for NautaDutilh in Brussels and was also seconded to Slaughter & May in London. Patrick was also a teaching assistant with the law faculty of the University of Leuven.
Languages
Dutch/French/English/German
Education
- Master of Law (LLM), Northwestern University, Chicago, 2003
- Master in General Management, Vlerick Business School, Ghent, 2000
- Master of Law, KU Leuven, 1999
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
KPMG Law in Belgium
maintains offices across the country and is capable of advising on strategic transactions in the industrials, real estate and TMT sectors, commercial agreements, and corporate restructurings. The team is led by a consortium of lawyers that includes acquisitions and reorganisations expert Patrick Geeraert, commercial and M&A specialists Frank Cleeren and Thomas De Clerck, as well as Wouter Lauwers and Gert Cauwenbergh .