Mr Bruno Duquesne > CMS EU > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
CMS EU Offices
Avenue des Nerviens 85
1040 Brussels
Belgium
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Mr Bruno Duquesne
Position
Partner
Career
Bruno advises both domestic and foreign clients on all aspects of property transactions, including deal structuring, due diligence, drafting and negotiating sale and purchase of properties and real estate companies, joint venture development and credit facility documentation.
He also has extensive experience with cross-border deals and is able to coordinate and monitor transactions involving several jurisdictions.
Languages
English, French, Dutch
Education
1986 – Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL (Law Degree)
1987 – Georgetown University Law Centre (LL.M.)
1989 – Bar admission
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets
Lauded for its ‘extensive knowledge of financing transactions in Belgium’, the banking and finance practice at CMS offers transactional, regulatory, and debt restructuring strength. Its real estate finance work is a particular highlight, along with notable work in the receivables finance, factoring, and securitisation business line. Benoît Vandervelde heads up the team as ‘an excellent leader’ with experience in acquisition finance and syndicated loans. Arnaud Van Oekel regularly advises major banking institutions and Bruno Duquesne is a key name in real estate matters.
Belgium > Real estate and construction
CMS‘s real estate and construction practice group is headed by Bruno Duquesne and covers investment, occupancy, development and property finance matters, standing out for its transactional focus. The firm also has long-standing experience advising clients with related tax matters. Duquesne has a track record in dealing with property developments of all kinds, including large shopping malls and multi-purpose real estate projects. Pierre-Axel Chabot has 20 years of experience advising investors, occupiers, developers and financiers on real estate matters.