Thierry Bosly

Thierry Bosly

Partner, Brussels, Luxembourg
Thierry Bosly
Thierry Bosly

Thierry Bosly

Partner, Brussels, Luxembourg
Thierry Bosly

Thierry Bosly is such an experienced but also charismatic person with an unparalleled network globally, that he can be considered to be part of the top private equity lawyers globally.

The Legal 500, 2023

Biography

Partner Thierry Bosly is Co-Head of White & Case's Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, and Head of the Firm's Belgium and Luxembourg transactional practices.

Thierry is a highly regarded lawyer, with more than 30 years of experience in the resolution of complex cross-border transactions, advising private equity and venture capital firms, family offices, global and European-based 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.

Thierry is regularly acknowledged by Chambers and Legal 500 as a "leading individual" in Private Equity and M&A. Clients commend his "genuine strategic perspective, supported by deep legal expertise" (The Legal 500), and highlight his "unique blend of intellectual rigor, commercial pragmatism, and interpersonal finesse" (Chambers).

Ranked among the Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers in Europe by Financial News for four consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025), Thierry has also built a strong reputation as one of Belgium's foremost insolvency lawyers. He advises companies facing insolvency as well as those seeking to acquire assets from insolvency debtors. Thierry's extensive experience working with overseas counsel and coordinating advice across multiple jurisdictions has established him as a leader in significant cross-border and multijurisdictional restructurings.

Experience

Recent Experience:

Advised PPF Group, as part of a consortium with Advent, A&R and FedEx, on a conditional agreement with Euronext Amsterdam-listed InPost S.A. on a recommended all-cash offer for all shares in InPost.

Advised Newton Biocapital, a reference shareholder of Tensegrity Pharma, Inc., in connection with a strategic research and collaboration agreement between Tensegrity Pharma and argenx.

Advised Regnology, a global provider of innovative regulatory, risk and supervisory technology solutions, on the acquisition of Wolters Kluwer's Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) unit.

Advised specialist infrastructure investor ATLAS Infrastructure on a $1.0 billion private investment in public equity (PIPE) transaction with Elia Group.

Advised Cobepa on the sale of its majority stake in Climater Group to Krefeld Invest.

Advised Hameur Belgique SA on the sale of Magimix by Umami, a joint venture between Hameur and Ardian, to Lavafields Group SA, as well as Hameur's investment in Lavafields Group.

Advised an ad-hoc group of Noteholders, defeating a jurisdiction challenge against a claim brought by the group against Swedish health and hygiene conglomerate, Essity.

Advised Bryan, Garnier & Co., a leading independent full-service investment bank specializing in the European technology and healthcare sectors, on its acquisition by Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF).

Advised Nomura on its entry into an agreement with Macquarie to acquire its US and European public asset management business for US$1.8 billion in an all-cash transaction.

Advised the Luxembourg group Hameur on a partnership agreement with Ardian through which Ardian will take a majority stake in Robot Coupe and Magimix, the food processor and cooking accessories brands.

Advised Cobepa and Inflexion on their investment in Easyfairs, one of the world's leading events companies, alongside its founder Eric Everard.

Advised independent European leader in outsourced business services Atalian on the conclusion of a commercial agreement for the refinancing and rescheduling of its entire bond debt with a group of noteholders representing 98.46 percent of the existing notes.

Advised Cobepa on its acquisition of a majority stake in Smart SD, a distributor of solutions in camera security, access control, intrusion and fire detection.

Advised a consortium of lead investors including Hy24, Altor, GIC and Just Climate on their landmark approximately €1.5 billion investment in H2 Green Steel, Europe's leading green steel start-up, to finance the construction of the world's first large-scale renewable hydrogen-based steel plant in Boden, Sweden.

Advised Belgian natural ingredients processor COSUCRA on its capital increase subscribed by Sofiprotéol, Wallonie Entreprendre and the Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement (SFPIM).

Advised Cobepa SA, a leading Belgium-based independent private equity investor, on its acquisition of Ned Stevens, one of the leading gutter cleaning and home maintenance service providers in the United States, from AVALT.

Advised leading international private equity firm Cobepa on its investment in Reaction Biology, an industry-leading provider of drug discovery services. Cobepa's investment continues its history of close partnerships with biopharmaceutical service providers, and will fuel Reaction Biology's continued growth and service line expansion.

Advised independent, privately-held investment company Cobepa on the sale of its majority stake in logistics company Hillebrand to Deutsche Post DHL Group.

Brussels
Luxembourg Bar (Liste IV)
LLM
Georgetown University
Licence en Droit

UCL

Candidature en Droit
Facultés Universitaires Saint Louis
Dutch
English
French

Ranked among the 'Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers in Europe' by Financial News for four consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025

"Thierry Bosly has the superb ability to understand the psychology of the deal. He knows the la by heart." - Chambers Global 2026.

"He is a natural leader and consensus builder, consistency able to navigate the most sensitive dynamics between stakeholders white keeping the transaction on track and his clients impeccably advised." - Chambers Global 2026.

"What truly sets Thierry apart is his rare combination of intellectual rigour, commercial pragmatism and interpersonal finesse". - Chambers Global 2026.

"He is a great team leader and excellent negotiator. He is able to find the best solution for each party." - Chambers Global 2026.

"His technical command of deal structuring, negotiation strategy and cross-border coordination is exceptional." - Chambers Global 2026.

"The Reform of the Banking Sector in Europe, the Future of the Banking Union - Deposit Guarantee Schemes", 28 June 2013: UAE Congress, Lisbon

"The European Public Prosecutor and the Criminal Law Protection of the Financial Interests of the European Union: Advances in Belgian Law" ("L'institution du Procureur Européen et la Protection Pénale des Intérêts Financiers de l'Union Européenne – Les Avancées du Droit Belge"), 25 January 2013, organized by the European Commission Anti-Fraud Office, Milan

Co-author, "Insolvency trends in Continental Europe - Pre-packs: an efficient tool for implementing a successful restructuring?", DAOR, Revue Internationale du droit des affaires, 2014/4 N°112, December 2014

Co-author, "L'institution du procureur européen et la protection pénale des intérêts financiers de l'Union Européenne : Les avancées du droit belge," in L'Istituzione del Procuratore Europeo e la Tutela Penale degli Interessi Finanziari dell'Unione Europea, G. Giappichellie Editore, 2014 (with Nathalie Colin)

Belgian Chapter of "European Insolvency Regulations", Thompson Reuters/Aranzadi, 2010, (co-author with Muriel Alhadeff)

Overview of the Insolvency in Belgium, European Insolvency: the European regulation enforcement, Thomson Reuters/Aranzadi, 2010

Belgium: Legislation brings flexibility, Crediflux, December 2009

Preface of the Insolvency Handbook, World Insolvency Systems: A Comparative Study, Thomson Reuters, 2009

New rules on the verification of bankruptcy claims (Les nouvelles règles applicables à la procédure de vérification des créances en cas de faillite), J.T., 2006

Banks and conflicts of interest (Les banques et les conflits d'intérêts), Editions du jeune Barreau, 2005

Transfer of business goodwill and crystallisation of creditors' rights (Cession du fonds de commerce et cristallisation des droits des créanciers), La cession du fonds de commerce, C.U.P., Larcier, 2005

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