Biography
Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience
Education:
- Katholieke Universiteit Brabant Tilburg, the Netherlands, LL.M., 1996.
- Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Licence en droit (Bachelor in Law), 1995.
- Faculté Universitaire Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium, Candidature en droit, 1992.
Bar Admission:
Luxembourg Bar, 1997
Current position:
Partner at KLEYR GRASSO
Corporate M&A, Capital Market, Banking & Finance and Fintech – Head of French desk
Professional memberships:
- European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA) (member of the legal & regulatory committee)
- Capital Market Association
Professional Experience (mediation)
Acted more recently as mediator in two cases of dispute between families own businesses: ad hoc rules.
Arbitration Experience
As in-house senior legal counsel at Arcelor (2002-2006):
- assisted in 6 international arbitrations under the ICC and CEPANI rules
- assisted in 4 ad hoc/domestic proceedings
As counsel (2008 – 2011 – 2015):
- represented 14 parties in ad hoc/institutional/international arbitrations relating to shareholders’ disputes
Publications and Speaking Engagements
Speaking engagements:
- La réforme du droit belge des sociétés: un exemple à suivre pour le Luxembourg ? (UNI.LU) – 2020
- Actualités et réformes en matière de droit des sociétés – 2019
- Séminaire IFE | Panorama du droit des sociétés européen et Luxembourgeois – 2019
- Le groupe de sociétés au Luxembourg – 2018
- Conférence Droit des actionnaires – 2018 + 2022 + 2023
- Réforme en droit des sociétés | Enjeux et opportunités : 2017
- Actionnaires : droits et obligations – 2015
Publications engagements : (list available upon request)
- Participated in the first working group establishing the X principles of the corporate governance of the LSE
- Chambers Legal Practice Guide: Corporate M&A 2015