Nicolas de Crombrugghe

Portrait of Nicolas
Nicolas de Crombrugghe is a partner in the Corporate & Finance department and specialises in Corporate/M&A, capital markets and stock exchange matters. He assists corporates and financial institutions with all aspects of company law and securities law.
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Nicolas co-heads the energy sector team in Brussels and is an active member of NautaDutilh's Sustainable Business & Climate Change team. He is frequently involved in transactions in the energy sector, particularly in relation to the energy transition.

  • Work highlights

    Some of Nicolas' transactions include:

    • Partnership between Parkwind and Sumitomo in the wind offshore sector
    • EUR 280 million NASDAQ IPO of Galapagos (biotech)
    • EUR 430 million take-over bid of Shire on Movetis (biotech)
    • Exchange offer of Econocom for Osiatis (IT)
    • EUR 285 million public offering of shares by Cofinimmo (REIT)
    • EUR 275 million green certificates backed bond issue by Solar Chest
    • Numerous bonds offerings and convertible bonds offerings (acting for the issuers or financial institutions).
  • What others say
    • The Legal 500 2023: ‘Nicolas de Crombrugghe is highly skilled, very experienced, knowledgeable and always available. Due to his calmness and outstanding legal knowledge he is able to navigate the client through complex negotiations and to ensure a smooth transaction process. He also handles his team and staffing very well and is always on top of things.'
    • Chambers Europe 2022: 'Strong practice focusing on a range of debt transactions, including bond offerings, as well as assisting with ECM matters, including the transfer of listings'. A client enthuses about Nicolas being "constructive, helpful and very experienced".'
    • The Legal 500 2022: ‘A very business oriented partner.'; 'Nicolas de Crombrugghe remains transaction after transaction perfectly informed regarding our group even after an increase of more than 200%. He knows exactly the details about our group. very impressive anticipation of our need.’; ‘Nicolas de Crombrugghe is a senior partner well introduced in the Brussels financial market. He helped us a lot for our contacts with FSMA and Euronext.’
  • Qualifications

    He received his law degree cum laude from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in 1998. In 1999, he received a post-graduate degree in international business law (LL.M.), with a focus on financial regulation and capital markets, from King’s College London. He was admitted to the Brussels Bar that same year. Nicolas joined NautaDutilh's Corporate & Finance group in 1999. In 2003, he was seconded to the London office of Slaughter and May. He was named partner in 2014.

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