Mr. Bosly concentrates on corporate and finance transactions. He advises major banks on debt restructurings, acquisition finance, project finance, regulation of factoring, securitizations and insolvency-related matters. He also advises many Belgian companies and private equity funds, notably when the transaction calls for both finance and corporate law capabilities.

Mr. Bosly has also advised many public and private companies facing insolvency situations and companies interested in purchasing assets from insolvency debtors. He has been called by several bankruptcy courts as an expert witness.

Mr. Bosly is "recommended" by Legal 500 EMEA (2010) as a leading Banking and Finance lawyer. The Banking and Finance section of Chambers (2009) notes that he is "Praised for his work across the board, though he is particularly renowned for his asset-based lending and securitisation practice." In addition, clients note that he is "Bright, flexible and effective, going the extra mile for his clients" (Chambers 2009) and is "A very calm, efficient negotiator - he has in-depth understanding of the many issues that need to be addressed" (Legal 500 EMEA 2008).

He was selected by Global Counsel 3000 as a "recommended" restructuring and insolvency practitioner in Belgium, and is currently listed in the PLC Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook as one of Belgium's two "leading" insolvency practitioners. He is also ranked as a leading banking and insolvency and restructuring lawyer by Expert Guides (Euromoney).

Mr. Bosly has extensive experience of complex cross-border merger and acquisitions transactions and is currently recommended as an expert practitioner in this area by PLC Which Lawyer 2009, particularly in relation to "the financial considerations, including acquisition finance and any subsequent related project finance."

He is rated as a "leading" lawyer in the field of banking and project finance by IFLR 2009. In early 2008 he was appointed by the new Belgian Minister of Justice to be a member of a commission of seven experts given the task of drafting a new law on insolvency. He is 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, Mr. Bosly was appointed as a member of the European Law Alumni Advisory Board of the Georgetown University Law Center.

Bars and Courts
Brussels Bar, 1992

Education
LLM, Georgetown University, with honors, 1995
Licence en Droit, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1992
Candidature en Droit, Faculté Universitaire Saint Louis, 1989

Awards and Recognition
Bankruptcy Law Journal Prize, 1995

Publications
Co-author, Belgian Chapter of European Insolvency Regulations, Thompson Reuters/Aranzadi, 2010
"Overview of the Insolvency in Belgium," European Insolvency: the European regulation enforcement, Thomson Reuters/Aranzadi, 2010
"L'obligation de retenue imposée par l'ONSS en exécution de l'article 30bis de la loi du 27 juin 1969 : codébition ou mesure d'exécution forcée?," Revue du Droit Commercial belge, Larcier, 2010
"Belgium: Legislation brings flexibility," Crediflux, December 2009
"Preface of the Insolvency Handbook." World Insolvency Systems: A Comparative Study, Thomson Reuters, 2009
"La mobilité transfrontalière des sociétés en droit européen: concurrence régulatoire ou harmonisation?," in Evolution et perspectives du droit des sociétés: Anno 2006, Bruylant, 2006
"Les nouvelles règles applicables à la procédure de vérification des créances en cas de faillite," in J.T., 2006
"Les banques et les conflits d'intérêts," La Banque dans la vie de l'entreprise, Editions du jeune Barreau, 2005
"Cession du fonds de commerce et cristallisation des droits des créanciers," in La cession du fonds de commerce, C.U.P., Larcier, 2005
"La Loi de réparation de la loi du 8 août 1997 sur les faillites: une nouvelle occasion manquée?," in R.D.C., 2002
"Quatre années d'application de la loi sur le concordat judiciaire, in Faillite et Concordat judiciaire: un droit aux contours incertains et aux interférences multiples," Bruylant, 2002
"Le Règlement du 29 mai 2000: une nouvelle ère est-elle née en matière de faillites internationales," in J.T., 2001
"Faillite et droit de l'environnement: une coexistence impossible?," in Revue Aménagement-Environnement, 2000
"Préjudice collectif ou individuel: un modèle adéquat pour délimiter les pouvoirs du curateur et des créanciers d'agir en responsabilité contre un tiers?," in R.C.J.B., 2000
"La responsabilité pénale des personnes morales et le nouveau droit pénal des sociétés," in Le Nouveau Code des Sociétés, 1999
"Belgium Restricts Creditors' Rights," in International Financial Law Review, 1999
"Directors' Liabilities in Case of Insolvency: Belgium Report," in Directors' Liabilities in Case of Insolvency, Kluwer Law International, 1999
"L'exercice de l'action directe en cas de concordat judiciaire," in Revue Pratique des Sociétés, 1998
"Le passif environnemental des sociétés faillies: Dette de masse ou dette dans la masse - Essai de clarification," in Aménagement - Environnement, 1998
"Le curateur et l'enquête pénale," in Revue de Droit Pénal et de Criminologie, 1998
"De quelques nouveautés introduites par la loi du 8 août 1997 sur les faillites," in Revue de Droit Commercial, 1998
"La situation des créanciers dans le concordat, in Le nouveau droit de la faillite et du concordat," Academia-Bruylant, 1997
"La reconnaissance et l'exécution des jugements de faillite étrangers aux Etats-Unis," in Revue de Droit International et de Droit Comparé, 1996

Languages
Dutch
English
French

Citizenship
Belgium