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Luc Meeus

Partner
Baker McKenzie BV/SRL

Biography

Luc Meeus is a partner in the Tax and Corporate Finance practice groups and the global equity service line in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1997. Luc has been mentioned consistently as a recommended tax lawyer in the European Legal 500 and other legal publications.

Practice Focus

Luc advises on the corporate and tax aspects of transactional work, with a specific focus on private equity, fund structuring and equity-based compensation plans. He focuses on fund structuring, private equity, equity-based compensation and transactional tax planning.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advised Vendis Management BVBA on the structuring of the Vendis Capital II Comm.V. fund.

  • Advised TINC on its 2015 IPO Advising Re-Vive NV with the structuring of the Re-Vive Brownfield Fund II CVBA fund.

  • Advised Pension Fund Metaal on its investment as LP in the PMF Infrastructure Comm VA fund.

  • Advised KeBeK Management concerning the structuring of the KeBeK II fund.

  • Assisted the management of Bureau Van Dijk in its sale to EQT.

  • Advised CMOSIS on the sale of CMOSIS to TA Associates.

  • Advised Biocartis on its 2012, 2013 and 2014 fund raising and its 2015 IPO.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • International Fiscal Association (IFA), Belgian branch - Member

  • Belgian Venturing Association

Admissions

  • Brussels~Belgium (1999)
  • New York~United States (1998)

Education

  • Fiscale Hogeschool of Brussels (Post Graduate Degree Tax) (1999)
  • New York University (LL.M. International Taxation) (1997)
  • Catholic University of Leuven (Law Degree) (1996)
  • Georg August University of Göttingen (Law Degree) (1995)
  • Facultés University Notre Dame de la Paix Namur (Law Degree) (1993)

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Dutch

Previous Offices

  • Washington, DC
For the last four years Mr. Meeus has co-authored the annual overview on Belgian corporate income tax for TRV.