Wim De Vlieger Bio

Wim De Vlieger is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Wim is co-chair of Private Equity in Europe and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice groups. Wim advises private equity investors and their portfolio companies on a wide range of corporate transactions, including growth equity and control investments and co-investments, structured transactions, buy-out transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and exits. He also has considerable experience advising on strategic cross-border M&A transactions and on international capital market transactions. He has broad experience counselling clients across a wide range of European jurisdictions, with a focus on transactions in the technology and life sciences sectors. Wim is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2024 for Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals, M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals £750m+. He is also recognised by the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom as a leading lawyer for Private Equity Law. Wim received an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2007, a M.S. from HEC Paris in 2003 and a Masters of Law (cum laude) from the University of Leuven in 2002. He is admitted to practice in New York. He speaks Dutch and French.