Bio

Partner Thierry Bosly is White & Case's Global Co-Head of Private Equity, and Head of the firm's Belgium and Luxembourg transactional practices. Based in Brussels, Thierry has built a strong track record in the resolution of complex cross-border transactions, advising venture capital firms, family offices, global and European-based private equity investors and other financial sponsors. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going private transactions, tender offers, preferred equity investments and joint ventures. He is consistently recognized by Legal 500 as "leading individual" for the Private Equity practice, and is described by clients as "inspiring trust and from a technical standpoint, being very on the ball and very knowledgeable"(Chambers, 2020). Thierry has also developed an enviable professional reputation outside his everyday practice, being acknowledged as one of Belgium's foremost insolvency lawyers. His clients include companies facing insolvency, as well as companies interested in purchasing assets from insolvency debtors. With extensive experience of working with overseas counsel and coordinating advice across different territories, Thierry has been noted for his leadership role in significant cross-border and multijurisdictional restructurings and is consistently recognized by Chambers and Legal 500 as being a "leading individual" for the practice of Insolvency and Restructuring. In 2008, he was appointed by the Belgian Minister of Justice to a commission of seven experts, responsible for drafting the insolvency law. In 2020, in response to the crisis due to COVID-19, the Belgian federal government appointed him as special advisor to work on editing the law on insolvency and enforcement proceedings, in order to help enterprises in financial distress navigate the crisis. Thierry is also a member of the Belgian arbitration and mediation center CEPANI, an independent facility composed of business leaders, academics, corporate legal experts and lawyers. In 2007, Thierry was appointed as a member of the European Law Alumni Advisory Board of the Georgetown University Law Center.