Mr Louis-François du Castillon > Fieldfisher > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Louis-François du Castillon
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Louis-François is a partner and head of the corporate department in Fieldfisher’s Brussels office.
Career
Louis-François du Castillon is an attorney with almost 20 years’ experience in mergers and acquisitions and I head the corporate department in our Brussels office. I graduated from the Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve (magna cum laude) and I hold a postgraduate in financial law from the University of Gent (RUG). I am teaching assistant at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). I have been recurrently ranked in Chambers and in Legal 500.With a strong financial law and real estate background, I primarily focus on domestic or cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on the private equity, venture capital, industrial and real estate sectors.
He also deals with complex, cross-border, corporate restructurings and I also have significant expertise in public reorganisations, which includes significant expertise with (international) not-for-profit entities (associations, public interest companies, sui generis entities, …), simplification of governmental bodies and drafting legislation. In this field, he has coordinated the restructuring of the public housing sector and the restructuring of the economic public bodies supporting the Brussels economy and commerce.
He assists his clients, ranging from promising start-ups to transnational groups at every stage of their growth and provide them strategic corporate advice (joint-venture, shareholders agreements, growth capital, stock option plans, convertible bonds / loans, complex governance schemes, etc.).
Languages
French, English, Dutch
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Fieldfisher services a client base that encompasses private equity and venture capital funds as well as Belgian and international companies, with particularly strong links to the IT sector. The team maintains a strong focus on cross-border M&A and corporate governance matters and advises on a growing number of distressed transactions, restructuring matters, carve-outs and disposals. Practice head Louis-François du Castillon is an M&A expert who regularly advises on private equity and real estate transactions, while Marie Evrard is a key contact for joint ventures and corporate governance matters. Corporate and commercial expert Lars Raedschelders is also highly recommended.