Koen Vanhaerents

Practice Areas

Equity Capital Markets

Private Equity

M&A - Public

M&A - Private

Joint Venture - Corporate

Career

Koen Vanhaerents is a partner in corporate finance in the Brussels office. Koen joined Baker McKenzie in 1987. He advises Belgian and foreign clients on a wide range of corporate finance operations (both public and private) and complex corporate law issues. He is closely involved in numerous operations and take-overs on the Belgian capital markets, private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions.

From October 2009 to October 2014, Koen was a member of the Executive Committee of Baker McKenzie and Chairman of the EMEA Region of the Firm. From October 2014 to July 2020, he was Head of Global Capital Markets. “Koen Vanhaerents is regarded by commentators as “one of the leading M&A lawyers in Belgium” (Chambers), “In negotiations, he is excellent when assessing complex situations and helping to set the strategy”, “Looking for high-level, sensitive board-level advice, Koen is on my shortlist.”

Koen advises Belgian and foreign clients on a wide range of corporate finance operations (both public and private) and complex corporate law issues. He is also closely involved in numerous operations and takeovers on the Belgian capital markets, private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions.

Professional Memberships

Brussels Bar (Dutch language section) - Member

Koen was Chairman of the Firm's Policy Committee from 2005 to 2008, Managing Partner of the Belgian Offices from 2000 to October 2009, member of the Executive Committee of Baker McKenzie and Chairman of the EMEA Region of the Firm from 2009 to 2014 and Chair of the Global Capital Markets from October 2014 to July 2020

From 1989 to 1995 he was a teaching assistant in company law at the KULeuven. From 2002 to 2007 he was teaching Private Equity law at the KULeuven as teaching fellow ("praktijklector")