Jérémy Filbiche

Jérémy joined the Corporate and Finance group at Linklaters in Brussels in 2015. He specializes in both domestic and international M&A transactions, private equity, equity offerings, and the design and implementation of incentive schemes. He also regularly advises listed and non-listed companies on corporate and financial law matters.

Work highlights

Jérémy has advised on a wide range of major corporate transactions. These include advising:

• Crédit Agricole SA, in the framework of the acquisition of Bank Degroof Petercam SA
• Orange Belgium SA, in the framework of the acquisition of VOO SA
• Groupement Les Mousquetaires, in the framework of the acquisition of Mestdagh SA
• Ivanhoé Cambridge, in the framework of its investment in Cohabs
• Richemont, in the framework of the acquisition of Delvaux, the renowned Belgian luxury leather goods Maison
• Proximus, in the framework of the acquisition of the full ownership of Belgacom International Carrier Services
• RTL group, in the framework of the sale of RTL Belgium to DPG Media and Groupe Rossel 
• Sofina, in the framework of its investments in Biobest
• Cofra Holding, in the framework of the reorganisation of the group structure
• E.ON, in the framework of the sale of Essent Belgium SA/NV to Luminus SA
• a Belgian energy company on its strategic reorganisation aimed at ring-fencing its regulated activities in Belgium
• many of the largest Belgian companies on their corporate governance and the remuneration of their executives, regularly delivering advice at board level

Jérémy has written articles and papers on numerous subjects on company law and financial law. 

Jérémy holds a master’s degree in Law from the Université libre de Bruxelles, an LL.M in Private International Law from the Université libre de Bruxelles and an LL.M in Chinese Law from Peking University.

He works fluently in French, English and Dutch.

• A. Coibion, J. Filbiche, “Le droit de vote double dans les sociétés cotées – Analyse comparatiste de quelques implications en matière d’OPA, de fusion ou scission et d’introduction en bourse”, RPS-TRV, avril 2019, pp. 208-220.
• A. Coibion, E. Pottier, J. Filbiche, “Offres publiques d’acquisition : rôle du conseil d’administration de la société cible et mesures de défense”, in Vanham – Les offres publiques d’acquisition, 25 avril 2019.
• A. Coibion, J. Filbiche, “La prévention des conflits entre actionnaires par des mécanismes conventionnels”, in Vanham&Vanham, 23 mars 2017.