Thales Mertens
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Dispute Resolution: Litigation
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About
Provided by Thales Mertens
Practice Areas
Thales is head of our Belgian Litigation & Contracts practice. He specialises in restructuring and insolvency-related matters (both contentious and non-contentious) and post-closing litigation, both local and international, in addition to more general contract-related advice.
He can draw on nearly 20 years of experience in advising both banks and corporate multinationals on complex reorganisations, restructurings and insolvency proceedings. He has also acted in a broad range of complex post-M&A, real estate and commercial disputes (both in court and in arbitration). In addition to this contentious experience, Thales advises both suppliers and customers on a wide variety of commercial contracts involving many different jurisdictions and sector.
Chambers Review
Europe
Thales Mertens has a strong practice advising multinational clients on disputes relating to bankruptcy and post-M&A disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Thales Mertens knows the law very well, but he is also very pragmatic with his no-nonsense approach. He is a good strategist and tactician, very much a common-sense type of thinker."
"Thales Mertens knows the law very well, but he is also very pragmatic with his no-nonsense approach. He is a good strategist and tactician, very much a common-sense type of thinker."