Professional Career

Xavier Dieux Avocat

October 2021 - …

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Managing Partner 

March 2002 - September 2021 

Dieux Geens & Associés

Founding Partner

January 1994 - December 2001

Van Ryn-Van Ommeslaghe, Van Beirs, Faurès, Flagey 

Partner

January 1986 - December 1993

Other functions

Member of the Brussels Bar Council

2022 - …

Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles 

1984 - …

Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium

​2009 - …

Lecturer at Solvay Business School, Brussels

1985-1994

Lecturer at Institut universitaire de Luxembourg

1992-1993

Dean of the faculty of law at Université Libre de Bruxelles

1996-2000

Honorary Member of the Banking and Finance Commission (CBFA)

1999-2002

Board of directors of Guberna «Belgian Governance Institute» 

2006-2017

Board of directions of the «Commission Corporate Governance» Foundation 

2007-2016

Education

Université libre de Bruxelles Juris Doctor (J.D.) (1994)

Summa cum laude with the congratulations of the jury

Université libre de Bruxelles Master's Degree (1979)

Summa cum laude

Université libre de Bruxelles Master's Degree (1978)

Summa cum laude

Accolades 

2001 Chambers Best Global Best Belgian Business Lawyer

2012 De Tijd Belgium’s Best M&A lawyer

2013 Lexology Client Choice award 

2014 Lexology Client Choice award 

WWL thought leader - Commercial Litigation

WWL thought leader - M&A and Governance

WWL recommended - Foreign Investment Control

Distinctions

Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

1982-1985 Simone David-Constant Prize - Université Libre de Bruxelles​​​​​

1989 Jean-Jacques Boels Prize -Council of the French Bar Association of Brussels​

1994 - 1997 Triennial prize of the Revue du notariat belge for  « Le respect dû aux anticipations légitimes d'autrui. Essai sur la genèse d'un principe général de droit » 

2014 Chaire Francqui