Mr Lars Van Bever > Eubelius > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Eubelius Offices
LOUIZALAAN 99
AVENUE LOUISE
1050 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Lars Van Bever
Work Department
Banking & finance / Real Estate
Position
Partner
Languages
Dutch, English and French.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > EU regulatory: Financial services
Sitting within Eubelius’ banking and finance department, the financial services regulatory offering has particular strength in advising on insurance products, alternative investment funds, market infrastructure, and payment systems. The group also offers expert assistance in compliance issues, including GDPR, anti-money laundering, and trading rules. The firm is singled out by one client for providing ‘insights into local regulatory updates and discussions.’ Practice head Lars Van Bever and ‘very impressive’ senior counsel Jean-Marc Gollier oversee the work.
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Eubelius‘ large roster of corporate and commercial lawyers is active across both domestic and cross-border M&A, leveraging its client base of large Belgian corporates and its close connections with international partner firms to handle a wide array of buy- and sell-side transactions. In addition to strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, and venture capital investments, the team regularly advises on contentious and non-contentious commercial contract matters as well as corporate governance arrangements. The team is headed by a consortium of four lawyers: Ignace Claeys and Pieter Callens are key contacts for commercial matters, managing partner Matthias Wauters is well-versed in capital transactions and corporate litigation, and Lars Van Bever focuses on M&A in the real estate sector.
Belgium > Real estate and construction
Eubelius has an excellent reputation for advising REITs on regulatory, tax and transactional matters, though clients note that it also ‘delivers integrated advice which covers the entire spectrum of applicable laws and legislation‘ in the real estate sector. Corporate real estate lawyer Lars Van Bever and tax specialist Wouter Claes lead the practice. in which senior attorney Eva Milants is a key adviser on capital markets and M&A transactions.
Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets
Eubelius is routinely instructed by both Benelux-based and international clients to advise on the debt finance transactions, handling borrower- and lender-side work in connection with high-value syndicated loan arrangements as well as with real estate, project, and acquisition financings. The team is also active in the debt capital markets space, advising particularly on green bond issuances, and the ECM-focused side of the practice is increasingly sought out by clients seeking assistance with IPOs. Lars Van Bever and Joris De Wolf handle the bulk of capital markets-related work and co-lead the practice together with M&A specialist Matthias Wauters and financing specialist Thomas Donnez.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Belgium
- EU regulatory: Financial services Belgium
- Banking, finance and capital markets Belgium
- Real estate and construction Belgium
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Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Not-for-profit
- Tax
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition: Belgian law
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Transport
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction