France Wilmet

France is a partner in our Banking & Finance practice. She is highly regarded in matters relating to finance/corporate finance and M&A and has over 35 years experience.

 
 

Practicing at the Brussels and Paris Bar for over 35 years, France has acquired significant experience for domestic and foreign clients.

Her expertise in financial law extends from corporate finance, acquisition finance to commodity finance and M&A. She also assists clients in both regulatory finance and regulatory insurance.

France has been teaching assistant at the University of Brussels and she is deputy judge at the Court of appeal of Mons (Belgium).

She is fluent in French and English.

    • Advisor to a UK group in the structuring of its Belgian securities to guarantee its financing

    • Advisor to a US borrower on the structuring of its security on commodities located in Belgium

    • Drafting of loan documentation for the financing of a real estate acquisition

    • Advisor to a French group for its investment in companies located in Belgium

    • Arranging loans or capital investments for start-up companies in Belgium

    • Drafting share purchase agreements for Belgian or foreign clients

    • Drafting shareholders agreements

    • Assisting non-EU companies in their strategic investments in Belgian companies and obtaining clearance from the authorities

    • Advisor to a foreign lender on the loans granted to a Belgian company

    • Advices with respect to financial transparency regulations for foreign investment funds

    • Legal opinions on capital requirements regulations for Belgian or foreign banks

    • Drafting prospectus for public or private offers of financial instruments

    • Establishing investment funds in Belgium

    • Drafting Euroclear security agreements

    • Assistance to a French insurance company for the marketing of its products in other European countries

  • Banking & Finance

  • Education :

    Master of Laws (ULB 1988)

    LLM in economic law (ULB 1990)

    LLM in comparative law (NYU, USA 1991)

    Bars : Brussels, Paris

  • BAEF fellowship

    • «Quelques précisions sur la responsabilité du gestionnaire de fortune», note sous Bruxelles 5 septembre 2019, RDC/TBH, 2020, 210-215 (with M. Baudoncq)

    • Cryptocurrencies, ICO’s and smart contracts from a legal perspective, GLI Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2019 (Belgium chapter) (with M. Baudoncq)

    • «Droits réels : Chronique de jurisprudence», Les dossiers du Journal des Tribunaux, 2017, (collective work), 511 pages 

 

 Contact details.

E-mail: f.wilmet@janson.be

Phone: +32 2 675 30 30