Mr Philippe Remels > NautaDutilh > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

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.

NautaDutilh’s private equity team primarily works with Benelux-based funds and target companies across the lifecycle of investments, handling domestic acquisitions, sell-offs and exits as well as advising on the Belgian aspects of global deals. The team is also well-versed in acting for start-ups and scale-ups in connection with fundraising and financing matters. Philippe Remels, who is noted for advising on transactions in regulated sectors such as life sciences and energy, jointly leads the practice with Nicolas de Crombrugghe, who primarily advises funds on acquisitions in the financial services sector. M&A and restructuring expert Christophe Wathion is a further name to note.

‘Top-class IP litigator‘ Florence Verhoestraete and Philippe Remels jointly lead the team at NautaDutilh, which is praised by clients for its ‘very creative‘ approach to IP litigation. The group appears before courts across the EU in product liability disputes, in addition to advising on IPOs and competition issues concerning unfair business practices. Verhoestraete is noted for her longstanding expertise in transactional IP issues, including research collaborations and IP assignments, often acting for research centres, start-ups, and large international life sciences companies. Remels has notable knowledge surrounding transactional issues, and is known for handling an array of private financing rounds and general corporate matters.