Isabelle is an expert in corporate, corporate finance and commercial law. She advises international clients on multi-jurisdictional deals, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisation, corporate finance and debt structuring. She has also a longstanding experience in logistics, transport, maritime and aviation transactions.

Isabelle's experience

  • Advised on the liquidation of a special purpose vehicle which was invested by various pension funds and investment funds promoted by asset managers in the UK and Switzerland.

  • Advised a global insurance sector professional services group on a multi-jurisdictional restructuring involving transfers of ownership interests and intra-group reorganisations.

  • Advised a leading international shipping and transport group on the restructuring of its global vessel ownership platform and the migration of a substantial fleet to Luxembourg holding structures.

  • Advised one of Belgium's leading insurance groups, through their Luxembourg group, on the acquisition of another Luxembourg reinsurance captive and the merger between the two entities.

  • Advised Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust (SERT) on its €122 million acquisition and internalisation of a pan-European investment management platform, creating a fully integrated real estate and investment management business with approximately €3.2 billion of assets under management.

  • Advised Europa Capital, a real estate investment firm, on the liquidation of three Luxembourg securitisation vehicles.

  • Advised Stena Group on the intra-group sale of the vessels Stena Carron and Stena Drillmax to newly formed UK subsidiaries, supporting operational, commercial, and financing arrangements with third-party lenders.

  • Advised Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a US biotechnology product development leader, on a multi-phase global restructuring and financing transaction valued at more than USD 3 billion, involving Luxembourg entities and coordinated implementation across Europe, the US and Asia.

  • Advised a global real estate investment firm on structuring and debt financing for an airport hangar refurbishment and leasing transaction in the United Kingdom, involving complex multi-party arrangements and Luxembourg law considerations.

  • Advised International Housing Solutions, a leading real estate investment manager, on the negotiation and restructuring of fund management entities following a major investment by a development finance institution, including requalification from SFDR Article 9 to Article 8, while maintaining governance arrangements, investor protections, operational continuity and regulatory compliance.

Credentials

  • 2022
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 2017
    Wildgen - Partner
  • 2013
    Wildgen - Director
  • 2011
    Admitted to Bar - Luxembourg
  • 2010
    Wildgen - Senior Associate
  • 2008
    Centralis Group - Managing Director
  • 2007
    Wildgen - Associate
  • 2003
    Gras Savoye SA - Legal manager
  • 1998
    Syntegra SA (British Telecom) - In-house business lawyer
  • 1995
    CP Bourg SA - In-house lawyer
  • 1994
    Trainee lawyer - Belgium
  • 1993
    University Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) - Master in Law
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