Willem Van de Wiele is a Counsel in White & Case's Debt Finance and Capital Markets practices, registered with both the Brussels and Luxembourg (Liste IV) bars and practicing in both jurisdictions.

His areas of expertise include capital markets, banking and financial services and financial regulation. He advises on capital markets transactions and financial instruments, structured finance transactions, covered bonds, securitisations, regulation of banking activities and financial services, corporate finance and lending.

Willem has extensive experience advising on debt and equity capital market transactions, as well as on regulation of banking and financial services. He also advises clients in securitisation transactions. He has been recognized as "a standout capital markets lawyer in Belgium" (Who's Who Legal 2023) and as a "Notable practitioner" in the area of capital markets (IFLR 2023).

Willem has a special interest in all legal and regulatory aspects of fintech and blockchain technology and speaks regularly on these topics, including before the International Securities Lending Association in London, King’s College London (Dickson Poon School of Law), the Frankfurt Crypto Assets Conference, the Academy of European Law, Fintech Belgium, Istanbul Fintech Week, the Forum of Belgian Compliance Officers, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Blockchain Forum Vlaanderen, as well as in-house at various leading firms and institutions. He earns acclaim "for his deep expertise in structured finance, debt securitisation and specialist fintech knowledge" (Who's Who Legal 2020).

Willem received the Client Choice Award for Banking in Belgium in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and is acclaimed by his clients for his "sophistication, effectiveness, and outstanding technical knowledge". " (Client Choice by Lexology, 2023), "very sophisticated, creative, [and] effective" (Client Choice by Lexology, 2020) and "works tirelessly on extremely time-sensitive matters" (Chambers Europe 2022). He "is a true expert in his field of expertise, very pleasant to work with and not afraid to take a position even if the law remains unclear" (Legal 500, 2023).

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New York University

Universiteit Gent

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