Van Hecke Jens

Jens Van Hecke

Partner - Brussels office
Tel: +32 (0) 2 290 04 68
jens.vanhecke@amboslaw.be

Jens Van Hecke (°1973), partner, focuses on general Belgian and Luxembourg corporate matters. He has extensive experience representing private equity clients and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and (debt) financings. He also devotes a significant portion of his time advising clients, both domestic and international, in connection with general contract and commercial law issues.

Jens Van Hecke obtained his master degree in law at the Universiteit Gent in 1997 and obtained a specialist (post-master) degree in company law at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel and a specialist (post-master) degree in economic law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He started his career as a lawyer in September 1999 with the law firm Loeff Claeys Verbeke that merged into Allen & Overy in 2001. From 2002 till September 2009 he worked as a corporate associate with the law firm Loyens & Loeff in Brussels, New York and Luxembourg.

Jens is a member of the Brussels Bar and the Luxembourg Bar and also an active member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (IAYL / AIJA) and the Section of International Law and the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association (ABA).

Practice Areas

  • Belgian and Luxembourg business law
  • General contract and commercial law
  • Mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs, joint-ventures ventures
  • Private equity / venture capital transactions
  • International non-profit organizations

Experience

  • Partner, Ambos NBGO (Brussels) (2010 - )
  • Partner, NBGO-lex (Brussels) (2009-2010)
  • Senior corporate associate, Loyens & Loeff (Luxembourg) (2008-2009)
  • Senior corporate associate, Loyens & Loeff (New York) (2006-2008)
  • Corporate associate, Loyens & Loeff (Brussels) (2002-2006)
  • Corporate associate, Allen & Overy (Brussels) (1999-2002)

Education

  • Specialist (post-master) degree in company law, Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (1997-99)
  • Specialist (post-master) degree in economic law, Université Libre de Bruxelles (1997-99)
  • Master degree in law, Universiteit Gent (1997)

Publications

  • VAN HECKE J. and NIEUWDORP, R., "Belgium" in LOOS A. (ed.), Director's Liability: A Worldwide Review, Kluwer Law International, (publication scheduled end of 2010)
  • VAN HECKE J., "Perfection of Securities in Europe" in FRANKLIN D. (ed.), International Commercial Debt Collection, Toronto, Carswell, 2007
  • Legal aspects of doing business in Belgium, Loyens & Loeff series, 2005.

Speeches & Seminars

• AIJA Annual Congress - August 2010 (Charleston)

"How to set up a business in or from the New World as a newcomer?"

• ABA Conference - International Business Law Committee - January 2007 (New York)

"Critical Issues for Private Equity Investors in Cross-Border Acquisitions"
"The Private Equity Investor and Controlled Auctions"
"Exit Strategies for Private Equity Investors - What works, What doesn't."

• AIJA Conference - Cross Border Commercial Lending Transactions - July 2006 (Chicago)

"Securing loans - a European perspective

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German (basic)