Dessers David
David Dessers
Partner - Antwerp office
Tel: +32 (0) 3 201 27 60
David.dessers@amboslaw.be
David Dessers (°1971), partner, focuses on the general corporate practice, with a special focus on private equity and venture capital, corporate governance and family business services.
David Dessers was founding partner of Consilio Partners (2007-2009), an advisory firm specialized in assisting small and large companies in setting up their (family) governance and control structures, as well as assisting them in mergers and acquisitions related activities. Prior to Consilio he worked as managing director at Fortis Intertrust Governance Advisory (2005-2007), as corporate legal counsel at The Capital Markets Company (Capco) NV (1999-2005), and international technology company, and as associate corporate and financial law at Allen & Overy (1996-1999). He obtained his law degree at the universities of Antwerp and Leuven in Belgium. He also holds an LLM from the universities of Oxford, Hamburg and Rotterdam.
Specialisations
- Corporate law
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private Equity - Venture Capital
- Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance
- General commercial
Experience
- Partner, Ambos NBGO, Antwerpen (2010)
- Partner and managing director, Consilio Partners CVBA (2007-2009)
- Managing director Fortis Intertrust Governance Advisory (2005-2007)
- Corporate legal counsel, The Capital Markets Company (Capco) NV (1999-2005)
- Associate, Corporate and Finance Department, Allen & Overy (1996-1999)
Education
- Universities of Oxford, Hamburg and Rotterdam, European Master in Law & Economics (1996)
- University of Leuven, Law Degree (1995)
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- English
- Spanish
- German (passive)