Mrs Dorothée Vanderhofstadt > Fieldfisher > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
L'ARSENAL, BOULEVARD LOUIS SCHMIDT, 29
1040 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mrs Dorothée Vanderhofstadt
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Dorothée is an Of Counsel in the Corporate department at Fieldfisher Brussels.
Career
Dorothée advises on all areas of corporate law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, venture capital and capital markets transactions. In addition, she advises on the regulatory aspects of banking and financial services.
The clients she advises range from start-ups, SMEs, international groups, listed companies to Belgian and international financial institutions.
Dorothée has a particularly strong background in all regulatory aspects of banking and financial services as she spent 10 years in the banking and finance department of a prominent Benelux law firm before joining Fieldfisher in June 2018.
Languages
French, English, Dutch
Memberships
Member of the Brussels bar
Education
Dorothée received her law degree magna cum laude from the University of Louvain (UCL) in 2008. During her studies, she spent five months at the University of Birmingham on an exchange program. During the last year of her studies, she was awarded the Jacques Falys Prize for best final paper. Dorothée also holds a degree in political sciences from the University of Louvain (UCL) (2008).
She was admitted to the Brussels bar in 2008.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets
Fieldfisher‘s team primarily advises on debt finance transactions, assisting private equity houses, institutional and direct lenders, and corporate clients with a large volume of domestic and cross-border leveraged financings as well as project financings in connection with major developments and PPP undertakings in the energy and infrastructure space. Real estate financings make up a further key area of expertise, as do distressed financings in the context of restructuring projects. The team is led by Sofie Heremans, whose experience spans a wide array of financing transactions. Further key contacts include PPP and energy lending expert Dennis Lievens as well as DCM specialist Dorothée Vanderhofstadt.