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Timothy Speelman

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Practices
Industries
International
Education
  • King’s College London, LLM, with Honours, 1997
  • Catholic University of Louvain, Licentiaat in de Rechten, with Distinction, 1996
  • Faculté Universitaire Nôtre-Dame de la Paix (Namur), Kandidaat in de Rechten, 1993
Admissions
  • Brussels
Affiliations

Board Member, American Club of Brussels

Member, Tax & Legal Committee, Belgian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German
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Timothy focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity (including venture and risk capital) and corporate restructurings. He assists sellers and buyers with private M&A transactions in competitive auction processes led by investment banks or otherwise, as well as management and private equity and venture capital funds with acquisitions, investments and management buy-outs. He also works with issuers and investment banks in the framework of capital markets transactions such as initial and secondary public offerings and private placements.

Timothy advises private and publicly listed companies with respect to corporate governance and payment institutions on regulatory aspects related to offering payment services.

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T: +32 2 629 42 54F: +32 2 629 42 22tspeelman@mcguirewoods.comrue des Colonies 56 - box 3
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Advising a UK listed fire protection company, as joint borrower with its Belgian subsidiary, for the negotiation and closing of a £20,000,000 multicurrency credit facility from a major City bank, involving a security package at the level of its UK, Dutch and Belgian group companies.

Representation of the Corporate Investments Department of a major international publicly listed bank as lead investor in the seed capital round of a high-tech Belgian based IT company.

Representation of a publicly listed (Nikkei Index) chemicals corporation with its investment in a biopharmaceutical company established in Switzerland.  

Representation of a publicly listed (Nikkei Index) chemicals corporation with its investments in a biomedical company with establishments in Austria, Slovenia, China and the USA.

Representation of a Belgian-based fire protection corporation with its acquisition of a company specialized in fire protection in the Netherlands.

Representation of multiple Belgian-based issuers of major credit cards in the Benelux area with obtaining a license as payment institution in accordance with the Payment Services Directive and providing ongoing regulatory advice.

Co-author, "Belgian Act Of 3 August 2012 Implements UCITS IV In Belgian Law," Mondaq, November 20, 2012
Author, New Rules for Mergers and De-mergers in Belgium, McGuireWoods White Paper; published in Mondaq Corporate/Company Law, February 13, 2012
Author, "Belgian Act on Shareholders' Rights Impacts Public and Non-Listed Companies," Mondaq Corporate/Company Law, May 2011
Speaker, "AIFM and EVCR," The Regulatory Impact of the Financial Crisis on Private Equity, BVA Tax & Legal Committee, April 15, 2013
Speaker, "Mergers & De-Mergers: Recent Developments," Petit Recyclage Seminar, March 7, 2013
Speaker, "Juridische omkadering bij exit/overname," From Incubation to Exit, Leuven, Inc., 2006