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Mr Wouter Ghijsels
Work Department
Banking & Finance.
Position
Partner
Career
Wouter is the Managing Partner of the Brussels office of Stibbe. He advises financial institutions, corporate, and public sector clients on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financial transactions. Wouter has particular expertise in syndicated lending, acquisition finance, direct lending, property finance, project finance, and leveraged/management buyouts. He works closely with Stibbe’s corporate and real estate partners.
Languages
Dutch, French, English.
Education
- Graduated in Law from the University of Antwerp (2001)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) from King’s College London, United Kingdom (2002)
- Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2002
- With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2002 (Partner since 2011)
- Postgraduate studies in corporate taxation at the Fiscale Hogeschool (2003)
- Seconded to the acquisition finance department of the London office of a global law firm (January 2006–April 2006)
- Managing Partner of the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2019
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading individuals)–
Stibbe
remains highly active across the full spectrum of debt finance matters, with a team that is capable of handling leveraged private equity financings and real estate finance while maintaining a particularly strong focus on assisting both lenders and borrowers with financings for projects and joint ventures in the energy and infrastructure space. Debt capital markets and securitisation expert Pieter Nobels further extends the practice’s offering by enabling it to advise private and institutional lenders on cross-border bond issuances and uptierings. Wouter Ghijsels leads the team and is a key contacted for both syndicated and direct lending, especially in the context of acquisition and project finance. Pieter-Jan Leemen is also highly recommended for syndicated lending matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Banking, finance and capital markets Belgium
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance
- Private equity
- Tax
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- Industry focus: Energy
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Competition: EU and global