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Patrice Corbiau is a partner in the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrook LLP based in its Brussels office.
He is a member of the Firm's corporate department, where his practice focuses primarily on Belgian and international corporate and commercial law.
His expertise includes advising corporations on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions, including merger control. He frequently advises on M&A and international transactions, distribution and licensing in multiple EU jurisdictions. He has substantial experience in commercial litigation and arbitration.
He has written articles and spoken on competition and commercial issues, including "New Directive Removes Obstacles to Cross-border Fusions of Companies within the EU", International Finance & Treasury (30 April 2006), "A Practical Guide to National Competition Rules Across Europe - Chapter 3 - Belgium", Kluwer Law International (2004), Belgian chapter of the 2004 Handbook of Competition Enforcement Agencies published by the Global Competition Review (2004), Lecture on "International commercial contracts" organised by ICHEC Entreprise, Brussels (2002), Lecture on the Accountants, Experts-accountants and Auditors' professional liability organised by the Belgian Accountants Professional Institute, Brussels (1999).
He is member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA).
Representative Experience
Drafting and negotiating a high number of international agreements for large multinationals
Assisting national and multinational companies and investment funds within the framework of large corporate transactions, including legal due diligence, guiding them through the corporate reorganisation and assisting with all financial transactions
Advising on distribution and license agreement in the high-tech, textile, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and industry sector
Review of distribution agreements for compliance with national and EU competition law for industry clients
Advising on EU regulation in the automobile sector
Advising an international group on software licensing and e-commerce regulation
Representing clients in a number of high-profile court proceedings
Education:
University of Brussels, Master's Degree in IP/IT, 2000
Royal Society of Art, London, 1994
University of Louvain-la-Neuve, 1993 | 