Mélanie focuses on international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint venture transactions. She also advises clients on cross-border and Belgian corporate restructurings and general corporate law matters.

She advises both international and Belgian clients across a wide range of sectors. She has a focus on the French market and is a member of the Region Team France, as well as the Private Equity Team and the Non-Profit Team.

She joined Loyens & Loeff in 2014.

Sectors & Markets
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Memberships

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Brussels Bar, 2014
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International Bar Association (IBA)
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Qualifications

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LL.M. in International and European Business Law, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), 2014
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Master’s Degree in Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), 2013
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Publications

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Mélanie SCHOLLAERT, Entre nullité des votes et exercice de l’action minoritaire : la position de l’actionnaire majoritaire, pas toujours plus favorable que celle du minoritaire ?, TRV-RPS 2025, pp 639 et seq.
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Wim VANDE VELDE and Mélanie SCHOLLAERT, How to create legal uncertainty: the B2B prohibition of ‘unfair clauses’ and its impact on the Belgian corporate and M&A practice, TRV-RPS 2021, pp 161 et seq.

What others say

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"Mélanie Schollaert is a very well experienced attorney with great knowledge of international mergers from a Belgian law point of view. It is a pleasure to cooperate with her as Mélanie is a true professional and a very kind person at the same time."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2025)
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Mélanie Schollaert named "Key Lawyer" in Commercial, Corporate and M&A
Legal 500 - EMEA (2024)
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Mélanie Schollaert named "Key lawyer" in Not-for-profit
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
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'Key lawyer'
Legal 500 - EMEA (2022)
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Mélanie Schollaert

Counsel - Attorney at Law

melanie.schollaert@loyensloeff.com

Brussels

French, English, Dutch

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<p>Mélanie Schollaert, attorney at law, is a counsel in the Corporate and M&A Expertise Group in Belgium. </p>

Mélanie focuses on international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint venture transactions. She also advises clients on cross-border and Belgian corporate restructurings and general corporate law matters.

She advises both international and Belgian clients across a wide range of sectors. She has a focus on the French market and is a member of the Region Team France, as well as the Private Equity Team and the Non-Profit Team.

She joined Loyens & Loeff in 2014.