David Ballegeer advises clients across a wide range of sectors, with a particular focus on the energy and energy‑transition sector. His practice focuses on complex financings, including bank-bond structures, capital markets, project and green financings. He advises EU and non-EU incorporated groups, listed and non-listed, and lenders on various financing products across the entire capital structure. David is widely regarded as one of Belgium’s leading banking and capital markets lawyers.
KU Leuven (Economic Science & Master in Tax Law) 1997
Harvard Law School (Master of Laws – LLM) 1999
Admitted as an advocaat in Belgium 2003
Partner Linklaters 2009
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2026
Awards and citations
David Ballegeer has a Band 1 ranking for Banking & Finance in the Chambers Global 2026 Client feedback: "David Ballegeer is a very client-centric practitioner who listens well. He is an amazing lawyer.”