28/04/15

Linklaters elects two new partners in Brussels

Linklaters has elected 23 new partners worldwide, two of whom, Etienne Dessy (Banking law and financial compliance) and Philippe Remels (general Corporate), are based in Brussels. The appointments will be effective as of May 1, 2015.

Both Etienne and Philippe have a long work history with the firm and can be considered "home-grown partners", having forged their entire careers within the firm.

Philippe joined the Corporate department of the firm after graduating in 1998 from the KU Leuven. He also completed a LL.M at Cambridge University in 2000 and resumed working full-time for the firm. He steadily rose through the ranks, finally being appointed Counsel in 2009. Philippe has developed significant experience in company law and mergers and acquisitions with a special focus on corporate restructurings, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, takeovers, private equity and company law advisory work.

Etienne also graduated in 1998 from the UCL and completed a LL.M at Leiden University in the Netherlands the year after. He joined Linklaters in 2000 and worked for the firm in London and Brussels. He was appointed Counsel in 2011. Etienne specialises in Belgian and EU financial regulation and advises top-tier Belgian and foreign financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory questions (alternative investment funds regulation, derivatives market regulation, revised capital requirements for banks, new supervision architecture, etc.) and other financial regulation matters (MiFID, market abuse, payments services, etc.).  He is also regularly involved in banks and other financial institutions cross-border mergers and reorganisations. 

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