Michèle Grégoire > Jones Day > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

The ‘very strong practice‘ at Jones Day provides ‘excellent client service and high-quality strategic and commercial advice’ for its clients, and is highly capable of acting in cross-border litigation and arbitration proceedings. The team notably recently represented Mastercard in a landmark antitrust enforcement case, and has vast banking litigation and regulatory experience. ‘Excellent litigator‘ Sébastien Champagne is the head of the team, with a practice focusing on commercial issues, trade practices, regulatory work, competition claims, and private enforcement disputes. Michèle Grégoire has expertise in financial institution and investment fund-related litigation, and is key to the team along with Vanessa Foncke.

Close connections with the firm’s international offices enable the team at Jones Day to handle both domestic and cross-border financing matters. The group has close longstanding relations with major financial institutions and also serves a growing roster of corporate borrowers, with a particular reputation for advising on private equity-related acquisition financing matters as well as high-value debt issuances. Financial disputes and regulatory matters are also key areas of focus for the team, which is led by a consortium of experienced partners: Ferdinand Brughmans is a key contact for leveraged lending work, while Matthieu Duplat focuses on debt and equity capital markets, and Michèle Grégoire chiefly handles restructuring mandates.