Offices: Brussels, Belgium

Corporate & Commercial

The Brussels office focuses on virtually all business matters affected by Belgian law in respect of both local and multinational transactions, including in francophone Africa.

Corporate areas of experience include mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital work, capital markets, and corporate governance work for regulated and publicly listed companies.

Our corporate services include commercial contracts, corporate finance, employment law, labour and corporate social responsibility, real estate and construction law, with a special focus on real estate finance, life sciences, payment institutions, European Union law (i.e., free movement of goods, personal data protection, antitrust) and dispute resolution

McGuireWoods’ Brussels representative matters:

• Advising a US multinational with operating entities throughout Europe in connection with the securitization of the European entities' receivables in an aggregate amount of approximately EUR 210,000,000.
• Advising a U.S. world leading manufacturer of foam products on the acquisition of a Belgian producer of polyurethane foam Advising a U.K. leading fashion retailer on  the roll out of its Belgian retail network; also on the acquisition of retail outlets and businesses of sitting tenants; the work includes insurance matters and fair trade practices.
• Advising a Belgian entertainment parks operator on corporate matters and assistance in obtaining and renewal of  operational / environmental / building permits for individual attractions and in relation to the expansion of the parks.