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Arnaud Van Oekel

Languages

French
Dutch
English

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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.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Arnaud Van Oekel is experienced in acquisition finance work."

Legal 500, 2026
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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
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"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
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"He was highly dedicated, very pragmatic and smart his its approach to the deal."

Feedback from a client, Legal 500, 2022
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"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

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.

Education

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

Practice Areas

Mergers & Acquisitions Banking & Finance Corporate/M&A

sectors

Energy & Climate Change

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Insights by Arnaud

CMS European M&A Study 2026

CMS Belgium advised Crédit Agricole Group on its 9.9% minority acquisition in Belgian bank Crelan

CMS Belgium and CMS Sweden advise PVI Industries on majority acquisition of Fomeco Group

CMS Belgium advised Royal Unibrew on partnership with PepsiCo in Belgium and Luxembourg