François Guillaume de Liedekerke
Counsel
Luxembourg
François Guillaume de Liedekerke
Counsel
Luxembourg
Contact Details
François Guillaume advises on international banking and finance transactions, including syndicated lending, investment grade and leveraged acquisition finance, as well as debt restructuring. He also advises on regulatory matters relating to the financial services industry.
François Guillaume has more than 15 years of experience in these areas. He is a member of the board of directors of the Luxembourg Association of Banking Lawyers (ALJB).
François also regularly publishes articles on banking and finance issues and is a member of the Editorial Committee of both the Bulletin Droit et Banque and the ACE – Magazine des professionnels Droit / Comptabilité / Fiscalité / Audit au Luxembourg.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Luxembourg bar under his professional home title, 2011
Admitted as avocat, Belgium, 2002Academic
Master of Law, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2002
Certificate of Business Management, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2002
Erasmus exchange programme, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 2002
Related articles
Publications: 21 July 2022
Clarification changes to the August 2005 Luxembourg Act
Clarification changes in relation to the Luxembourg Act dated 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements, as amended (the Luxembourg Collateral Act).
News: 24 November 2021
Allen & Overy advises Bridgepoint in financing its investment in ACT
Publications: 04 June 2020
Podcast : The new Luxembourg bill on professional payment guarantee
Experience highlights
Advising a private equity firm, on the EUR1bn acquisition of a leading European supplier of aluminium profile systems for windows, doors, sliding elements, roof systems and conservatories with activities in Belgium, France, the UK and Poland.
Advising a global financial services group on a EUR2bn revolving credit facility for Fiat. The facility involved a syndicate of 19 banks.
Advising the lenders (including a group of financial institutions) on a USD75bn loan facility to support the takeover bid by Anheuser-Busch InBev of SAB Miller. This is the largest commercial loan in the history of the global loan markets, far surpassing pre-crisis values. Our involvement in the transaction, coming soon after our role in the financing of Royal Dutch Shell’s purchase of BG Group earlier in the year, reinforces A&O’s position as the global leader in the ‘super-jumbo’ loans market. Allen & Overy also advised the lenders on the loans supporting ABInBev's acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in 2008 (USD54bn) and Modelo in 2012 (USD14bn).
Advising a global asset management firm through one of its Luxembourg investment vehicles, on the sale of its portfolio company SACO Property Group to the Aparthotels group.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Luxembourg bar under his professional home title, 2011
Admitted as avocat, Belgium, 2002Academic
Master of Law, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2002
Certificate of Business Management, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2002
Erasmus exchange programme, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 2002
Published work
- Co-author, (2021) "The Lending and Secured Finance Review", Law Business Research.
- Family offices in Luxembourg », Revue Luxembourgeoise de Bancassurfinance, Wolters Kluwer, 2016 (co-author)
- "Expedited Corporate Debt Restructuring in the EU", Oxford University Press, 2015 (co-author)
- "Enforcing financial collateral arrangements in the new world - challenging times!", Bulletin Droit et Banque, No 47, April 2011 (co-author)
- "Les garanties financières en droit luxembourgeois : un gage de solidité en des temps incertains", Droit bancaire et financier au Luxembourg, Volume III, Larcier, 2014
