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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance
Brecht Smeets

Brecht Smeets

Senior Associate

Senior Associate
Brecht Smeets

Brecht Smeets specialises in structuring investment funds with alternative strategies targeting professional, semi-professional and retail investors, their subsequent negotiations with investors as well as their entry into credit facilities. He also works on multiple investor-side reviews, due diligences and related negotiations for asset managers, investment firms and other financial/governmental institutions.

  • EIF with respect to its investment in BlackPeak Southeast Europe Growth Equity Fund SCSp
  • EIF with respect to its investment in Genesis Growth Equity Fund I
  • EIF with respect to its investment in Main Mezzanine Capital I FGR
  • EIF with respect to its investment in Frst 2 (Otium Venture II)
  • EIF with respect to its investment in Btov Industrial Technologies SCS, SICAR
  • Whitehelm Capital on the structuring and set-up of their first infrastructure debt fund targeting EUR 500 million
  • UK based investment advisor in respect of structuring and set-up of unregulated fund vehicles

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Career and qualifications

  • University of Hasselt (Bachelor of Laws) 2015
  • University of Hasselt, Leuven and Maastricht (Bachelor of Laws) 2015
  • University of Liège (Master of Laws in Business Law) 2017
  • King’s College London (LL.M. in Financial Law) 2018

Professional bodies

  • Member of the Brussels bar