Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German

Lawyer Overview

Thomas De Muynck joined Jones Day in 1999. He is a senior associate in the corporate commercial practice in the Brussels Office. He advises on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and other commercial matters. Representative clients include PepsiCo, TotalFina, The Lubrizol Corporation, Noveon, Base, Textron, Danone, GE Capital, and MasterCard. Thomas has specific experience in private equity transactions, having acted for The Carlyle Group, Cravey Green & Wahlen, The Riverside Company, Partech, Crédit Lyonnais Private Equity, and WL Ross & Co.

Thomas worked one year as a foreign lawyer in the legal department of Toyota Motor Company in Japan. He has developed substantial experience representing Japanese corporate clients, including in transactions and commercial matters for Toyota Motor Corporation, Bridgestone, Sumitomo Bakelite, Pioneer, Konica-Minolta, Mitsui Chemicals, and Toyoda Gosei.

He was based in the Firm's New York Office for one year and is a member of the Brussels and New York bars.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• LNC Investments Inc v. Republic of Nicaragua, Folio 2000 No. 1061, and LNC Investments v. The Republic of Nicaragua, R.R.No. 00240/03
• Acquisition of Tafime SA , (2008)
• Acquisition of two composite manufacturing plants
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Sale of interest in SOFASA , (2009)
• Snack Ventures Europe Acquisition
• Syndicated Credit Facility

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Brussels, Belgium
• New York

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