Michel Bonne
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Michel Bonne
Practice Areas
Michel is head of the transactional services team at Van Bael & Bellis. He specialises in cross-border and Belgian M&A transactions. He advises clients on a wide range of transactions, including restructuring (distressed or not), private M&A, capital markets (IPOs, secondary offerings and take-over bids), private equity and venture capital placements, real estate transactions, joint ventures and acquisition finance.
Michel’s practice covers a broad range of sectors, including renewable energy, finance, telecommunications, retail, real estate, pharmaceuticals, aviation and biotech.
Michel is recommended by all leading directories and recognised as ‘a high-profile M&A lawyer who produces high-quality work’. He is noted as a ‘frontrunner’ in the market whose ‘expertise is unrivalled’.
Career
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2001-2008); Van Bael & Bellis (2008 - Present).
Professional Memberships
Member of the Brussels Bar.
Publications
Michel regularly speaks at conferences and publishes widely on M&A matters.
Chambers Review
Europe
Michel Bonne is highly experienced acting on the Belgian aspects of international M&A transactions, often representing private equity clients. He offers additional experience in joint venture agreements and public M&A transactions.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michel Bonne is not only a good lawyer with good technical skills, but importantly has a world view on transactions. He brings a personable atmosphere."
"Michel is someone who can translate between the legal and the real world."
"Michel Bonne is not only a good lawyer with good technical skills, but importantly has a world view on transactions. He brings a personable atmosphere."
"Michel is someone who can translate between the legal and the real world."