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PwC Legal Offices
Woluwedal 18
1932 Sint-Stevens-Woluwe
BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Ms Karin Winters
Work Department
M&A, Business contracts, Corporate law, Consumer regulations, Intellectual property and privacy & data protection
Position
Career
Karin is Partner of PwC Legal and specialises in M&A, corporate law and structuring, business contracts, consumer regulations, intellectual property and privacy & data protection. Over the past 20 years, Karin has assisted numerous Belgian and international clients in the setting-up, (re)structuring and handling of their corporate and financial organisation and their commercial activities.
She has been involved in various international acquisitions and assisted numerous clients in the setting-up and (re)structuring of their corporate and commercial organisation and activities. Her involvement included the structuring of the transactions, the financing thereof, advising on all aspects of Belgian corporate and commercial law, the drafting and negotiation of transaction documentation, the drafting of all types of business and financing contracts, and the setting up of IP and distribution structures (including the drafting of the license agreements, contract R&D agreements, service contracts), etc.
Thanks to her extensive experience in working with specialists in various areas (tax, accounting, HR, etc.) in the context of international projects, she has gained a substantial understanding of issues related to foreign legal systems and other disciplines.
She has been a coordinator and member of various international project teams on a regular basis.
Karin is fluent in Dutch, English and French.
Professional background
2013 – present
Founder and managing partner, PwC Legal – Member of the Brussels Bar
2004 – 2012
Partner (2 years) and Director (7 years), Head of the Corporate & Commercial Law department, PwC Belgium
1990 – 2004
Lawyer at the Brussels bar in various law firms:
De Geest, De Greef & Naudts (1990-1992)
Hoffmann & Jaspar (1992-1994)
De Caluwe & Horsmans (1994-1998)
Dechert LLP, a US law firm (1998-2004)
Languages
Karin is fluent in Dutch, English and French.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The ‘broad and experienced multidisciplinary team‘ at PwC Legal stands out for its ability to draw on the firm’s international network in advising both domestic and multinational corporate clients on M&A, corporate reorganisation projects, and digital transformations. The team’s strong regulatory capabilities enable it to provide due diligence advice in connection with cross-border corporate and private equity transactions, commercial agreements, and multijurisdictional corporate undertakings. Led by transactional and governance expert Karin Winters, the team also draws on the expertise of Pierre Queritet, who is very experienced with M&A, and ESG specialist Bart Vanstaen.