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Arnaud is a senior M&A partner at Linklaters, based in Brussels, advising multinational corporations, financial institutions and investors on their most strategically significant transactions.
He has extensive experience in complex domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures and strategic investments, as well as public takeovers, equity capital markets transactions and corporate reorganisations. He regularly advises on transactions that attract considerable public and market scrutiny, helping clients navigate the interplay between their commercial objectives and regulatory, political and stakeholder considerations.
Arnaud is global co-head of the firm’s Energy & Utilities Group, bringing particular sector expertise to transactions involving energy, renewables and infrastructure businesses alongside his broader corporate practice.
He has advised on major transactions across Europe, the Americas and Asia and has spent two periods working in Linklaters’ London office.
Arnaud has advised on a wide range of major corporate transactions, with a focus on regulated sectors. These include advising:
Arnaud has written books, articles and papers in numerous subjects on company law and financial law. He was a lecturer on company law and M&A at the Louvain School of Management, the business school of the University of Louvain, for 15 years.
Arnaud is ranked by Legal 500 and Chambers, where clients have described him as “extremely experienced, very knowledgeable and commercially savvy”.
“Arnaud Coibion has demonstrated an excellent understanding of our business, both in terms of our strategic priorities and the specific challenges we face in our sector.”
Chambers & Partners, Global Guide 2026
Arnaud studied law at the University of Namur, the University of Louvain and the University of Vienna, and holds a master’s in law from the University of Cambridge (Darwin College).
He speaks English, French and Dutch.