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Mr Vincent Dirckx
Position
Partner
Career
Vincent started his career in New York working for Kelley Drye & Warren and then Baker & McKenzie. He then joined Freshfields’ Belgian practice and worked mostly in Brussels but also from London. From 2003 to 2009, he was a corporate and finance partner at Lydian.
In 2009, Vincent became a partner at CMS. In addition to sitting on the Corporate/M&A Management Committee of CMS, Vincent heads CMS Belgium’s M&A department. Vincent’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital in connection with both private and public transactions, whether cross-border or domestic, essentially on behalf of large Belgian and non-Belgian corporates and investment funds.
Languages
English, French, Dutch
Education
1995 – Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
1991 – University of Louvain, UCLouvain (Law Degree)
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The corporate and M&A team at CMS takes a ‘very pragmatic approach’ to strategic restructuring, M&A transactions, buyouts, and takeovers. It regularly supports high-profile, multinational clients in their cross-jurisdictional transactions. Vincent Dirckx, practice head, has expertise spanning private equity and venture capital matters in the retail, life science, and renewable energy industries. For private and public company restructurings, Stéphane Collin is the go-to, and the energy sector is a particular area of expertise for Arnaud Van Oekel.