Tom is a partner in the Corporate & Finance practice and heads the Banking and Finance team.
Specialist areas
Tom has a particular focus on:
- Asset based lending
- Asset finance
- Acquisition finance
- Export finance
- Project finance
- Financial services
Expertise and experience
Tom advises international banks, corporations and public sector bodies.
His broad expertise covers: (i) international banking (including leveraged finance transactions); (ii) project finance (national and international gas, oil and green energy projects, and PPP/PFI projects in all sectors including waste, roads, health, prisons, rail, airports and renewables); (iii) capital markets (including securitisations and repacks, debt capital markets and derivatives, high yield and equity capital markets); and (iv) financial regulatory (including clearing, settlement and custody, banking regulatory and investment funds, PSD2, MiFID2, AIFMD, CRR, CRD and EMIR).
Background
Tom graduated in 2000 with a law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL). He obtained a master after master degree in corporate and finance law in 2002 from the KUB (Brussels)/KUL. Tom was admitted to the Brussels bar in 2000.
Distinctions
- Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2024 – ranked in Banking & Finance
- Legal 500 EMEA 2024 – ranked as “Leading Individual” in Banking, finance and capital markets
- IFLR 1000 2024 – ranked as “Highly Regarded” lawyer in Banking & Finance
- Selected by his peers to be included in “The best lawyers in Belgium” (sixth edition) in the field of financial law
- Member of the International Project Finance Association (IPFA) and the Loan Market Association (LMA)
