Bral Jeroen

Jeroen Bral

Partner - Antwerpen office
Tel: +32 (0) 3 201 27 60
jeroen.bral@amboslaw.be

Jeroen Bral (°1976), partner, assists and advises Belgian and foreign companies, credit institutions and funds in matters concerning general corporate and commercial law, as well as private equity and venture capital, general M&A, financing and real estate transactions. He furthermore has established special expertise concerning ongoing obligations of (Euronext) listed companies, and recently assisted the management of two Euronext listed companies with important capital transactions.

Between 2001 and 2009, Jeroen Bral worked as (senior) associate at Loyens & Loeff in their Antwerp, Brussels and Amsterdam offices in the Corporate and Banking- and Finance departments. In 2004 he was seconded to Slaughter & May in London. Jeroen started his career at Linklaters De Bandt in the Corporate M&A and Capital Markets team. He obtained his master's degree in law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1999), and completed several post academic courses.

Specialisations

  • Corporate law
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Banking and Finance
  • Private Equity - Venture Capital

  • Capital Markets
  • General commercial

Experience

  • Partner, Ambos NBGO, Antwerpen (2010)

  • Senior Associate, Department Corporate law/M&A and Banking and Finance, Loyens & Loeff, Antwerp/Brussels/Amsterdam (2001-2009)
  • Associate Corporate Department, Slaughter & May, London (March - September 2004)
  • Associate, Department Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets team, Linklaters De Bandt, Antwerp (1999-2001)

Education 

  • Universiteit Antwerpen Management School, Economics (2001)
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Law degree (1999)

Publications

  • "The Burden of Being Public and the Pain to Go Private," AIJA Annual Congress, Toronto 2007
  • "M&A: after the ‘wedding night' (a practical session on post-closing disputes)", AIJA Annual Congress, Paris 2008
  • "Securities Offerings - How to Handle US Aspects of European Securities Offerings", Joint ABA - AIJA Congress, Paris 2008

Languages

  • Dutch
  • French
  • English
  • German (passive)