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Arnaud Van Oekel

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Arnaud Van Oekel

Partner

Contact
CMS DeBacker
Chaussée de La Hulpe 178
1170 Brussels
Belgium
Languages French, Dutch, English

Arnaud is a key member of the firm’s M&A practice. He has wide experience in handling domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity deals and advising on corporate structuring and financing issues.

Arnaud also acts for major banking institutions in a wide range of matters, especially in connection with financing (acquisition finance, corporate and asset finance) and debt restructuring.

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"Arnaud Van Oekel is an excellent lawyer, down-to-earth communicator with a lot of common sense and a real dealmaker attitude.."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2024

"I worked several times with Arnaud Van Oekel. Very good balance between nice people and highly professional and available. very good value for price. I would highly recommend."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

"He was highly dedicated, very pragmatic and smart his its approach to the deal."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

"Arnaud Van Oekel is an excellent M&A lawyer."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

"Arnaud Van Oekel is an excellent lawyer, down-to-earth communicator with a lot of common sense and a real dealmaker attitude.."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2024

"I worked several times with Arnaud Van Oekel. Very good balance between nice people and highly professional and available. very good value for price. I would highly recommend."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

"He was highly dedicated, very pragmatic and smart his its approach to the deal."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

"Arnaud Van Oekel is an excellent M&A lawyer."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022

Relevant experience

  • Assisting Société Générale in connection with the sale to ABN AMRO of its wealth management and private banking activities in Belgium
  • Assisting French group Boulanger in connection with acquisition of Krëfel group, the domestic and electrical appliances retailer active in both Belgium and Luxembourg 
  • Assisting Proximus in connection with the strategic partnership entered into with Eurofiber, regarding the rolling out of the extensive fiber network in Wallonia 
  • Assisting Biogroup, one of the French leaders in laboratory services and medical diagnostics, in connection with the acquisition of CMA Medina Group, leading laboratory services provider in Flanders
  • Assisting the logistic division of SNCF Group in the acquisition of Railtraxx group, an independant Belgian railway group companies operating freight transport throughout Europe
  • Assisting Houston-based Excelerate Energy in the acquisition from Exmar of Belgian LNG gas-carrier vessel companies 
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Publications

  • A. VAN OEKEL & M. VAN DER STEGEN, “SRL ou SA, comment choisir le statut de ma société ?” in L’Écho, 27/04/2019.
  • A. VAN OEKEL & M. VAN DER STEGEN, “Een zaak starten? De bv wordt de nieuwe standaard” in De Tijd, 27/04/2019.
  • A. VAN OEKEL, V. DIRCKX & D. PRYNC, “EU Overview: 2015 M&A European market at a glance” published in the 2016 edition of “Getting the Deal Through: Mergers & Acquisitions”.
  • A. VAN OEKEL & B. VANDERVELDE, “La conversion de dette en capital: un remède dans le cadre des restructurations de crédits” in Droit Bancaire et Financer, 2009/06, p. 328.
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Education

  • 2000 - Bar admission
  • 2000 - Université Libre de Bruxelles, ULB - Belgium (Law Degree)
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Expertise

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