Mr Wim Aerts > Clifford Chance > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Clifford Chance
65 AVENUE LOUISE
BOX 2
1050 BRUXELLES
Belgium
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Work Department

Restructuring & insolvency, Global Financial Markets, Capital markets

Position

Wim Aerts is a senior counsel in the banking, finance and capital markets practice.

Wim is experienced in all types of bank lending and debt financing transactions. His practice has particular focus on debt capital markets (including structured finance and equity-linked transactions), where Wim has acted for both issuers and managers on a broad range of public and private transactions.

Career

Joined Clifford Chance, 2006

Admitted to the Brussels Bar as advocaat, 2009

Counsel since 2015

Languages

Dutch, French, English

Education

Ghent University, 2006

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Insolvency and restructuring

The restructuring and insolvency group at Clifford Chance concentrates on multi-jurisdictional proceedings, litigation and dispute resolution, and cross-border recovery. Dorothée Vermeiren heads the team, with a particular emphasis on disputes. Financial markets lawyer Wim Aerts is also a key name in the team, with sector expertise spanning infrastructure, real assets, and industrials.

Belgium > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Leading associates)

Wim AertsClifford Chance

The global financial markets practice at Clifford Chance handles the gamut of banking transactions, with experience in acquisition, asset, structured, and trade finance mandates and expertise regarding the energy, infrastructure, healthcare, and life sciences sectors. Its capital markets practice equally covers the full range of equity, debt, and securitisation work, acting for issuers, arrangers, underwriters, and sponsors. Lounia Czupper, team head, offers particular experience in real estate finance and bank lending, working closely with corporate partner Niek De Pauw. For infrastructure and projects, real assets and industrials, Wim Aerts is a go-to.