Corporate and M&A

In their everyday work, the team members naturally draw on the expertise of specialists in our other practice areas, including tax, employment and pensions, competition, real estate, environment, intellectual property, insurance and all (other) areas of corporate law.

We frequently work side by side with leading law firms from other jurisdictions across the globe, and we have a proven track record in delivering a seamless work product in a timely and cost-effective manner. Our approach focuses on providing value-creating solutions for our clients’ business needs, taking into account the latest developments in both legislation and applicable market practice. We deliver services to international quality standards while maintaining price levels in line with the domestic market.

Some of our references:

M&A and private equity

• Assistance to LCV Real Estate in the acquisition of the Makro and Metro sites, as well as in setting up the joint venture with Colruyt Group Real Estate (2025).
• Assistance to CBS Beton in the sale to Gilde Equity Management (2025).
• Assistance to Delhaize in the acquisition of Delfood (2025).
• Assistance to Cipal Schaubroeck in the sale to Total Specific Solutions (2025).
• Assistance to the shareholders of hsbcad in the sale to Maguar Capital (2024).
• Assistance to TDL Group in the sale of its Fresh Logistics activities to the STEF group (2024).
• Assistance to CubeCold Europe in the acquisition of Transport Herve and Herve Coldstore (2024).
• Assistance to Exmar in the sale of Bexco to Bekaert (2024).
• Assistance to Multipharma in the acquisition of Goed pharmacy activities (2024).
• Assistance to BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity Belgium and WallonieEntreprendre (WE) in their capital investment in the STÛV group (2024).
• Assistance to V-Nova in the acquisition of technology company Parallaxter (PresenZ) (2024).
• Assistance to The Organic Consumer Group in the acquisition of La Saponaria (2024).
• Assistance to Port of Antwerp-Bruges and Pipelink in North Sea Port’s investment in Pipelink (2023).
• Assistance to the shareholders of Easy Life Dienstencheques in the sale to and reinvestment in the Glowi group (2023).
• Assistance to Mademoiselle Desserts in the acquisition of Galana (2023).
• Assistance to Dries Smets in the sale of Squadra Sports Management (2023).
• Assistance to Minds & More in joining the Schelstraete Delacourt group (2023).
• Assistance to Aptean in its acquisition of NORRIQ Drink-IT activities (2023).
• Assistance to Beyers’ Coffee in the sale of its Out of Home Activities to Miko (2023).
• Assisting Dovesco and its management with the sale of the Glass Invest group and the reinvestment by the different sellers and their management (2023).
• Assistance to the management of Trustteam in the sale of the Trustteam group to the investment fund Rivean Capital (2022).
• Assistance to WDP in the acquisition of logistics sites in Tournai (2022).
• Assistance to Clarebout Potatoes in the acquisition of Mydibel (2022).
• Assisting Robur Capital with the acquisition of a majority stake in the Bockstael group (2022).
• Assisting Alter Pharma with the acquisition of EcoPharmaSupply (2022).
• Assisting the shareholders of Ragolle Rugs with the sale to British Victoria group (2022).
• Assisting BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity with its investment in Hannecard (2022).
• Assisting AG Insurance / AG Real Estate with the acquisition of Anima Care (2022).
• Assisting the shareholders with the sale of Coeman Packaging to Creafund (2022).
• Assisting The Adecco Group with the acquisition of the shares in Akka Technologies from, among others, the Ricci family and Swilux (2022).
• Assisting Dovesco and other shareholders with the sale of a majority stake in LS Bedding to a portfolio company of Waterland Germany (2022).
• Assisting the Baijot family with the sale of 55% of the shares in the Maisons Baijot group to Bassac (listed on Euronext Paris) (2022).
• Assisting the shareholders with the sale of the Asco Group to Montana Aerospace (2021-2022).

Venture capital and growth capital

• Assistance to Bnewable in a successful financing round (2024).
• Assistance to EQT Life Sciences in the successful Series A financing round of ATB Therapeutics (2024).
• Assistance to Medlog, a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company, in its investment in Port of Limburg (2024).
• Assistance to Immobel, Whitewood, and DW Partners in the green financing of the “OXY” project (2024).
• Assistance to Care Property Invest in its EUR 111 million public capital increase (2023).
• Assisting DSM Venturing, Planet A Ventures, and GIMV in connection with their Series A investment in Paleo BV (2023).
• Assistance to ViroVet in its successful Series C funding round (2022).
• Assistance to Magnax in its successful Series A Extension funding round (2022).
• Assistance to WDP in an ABB of EUR 300 million (2022).
• Assisting Koiba with its investments in the series A financing rounds of Cyborn and Bullswap (2021-2022).
• Assisting LSP Hef 2 in the EUR 12 million series A financing round of Nobi (2022).
• Continually assisting the European Innovation Council Fund with investments in 39 companies across 10 jurisdictions (since 2021).

Corporate

• Assistance to CubeCold Europe in the acquisitions of the Northfreeze group (2022), of Herve Coldstore, Transport Herve and Fraber Logistics (2024), and of the Sivafrost group (2025).
• Assistance to NMBS/SNCB in the Contract Close of the “New Logistics Centre” DBM project at the Ragheno site in Mechelen (2024).
• Assistance to Metis in the Contract Close and Financial Close of the DBFM School Building Cluster Maldegem – Poperinge – Wingene (2024).
• Assistance to BESIX and INDAVER in the Financial Close of the DBFMO contract for a mono-processing facility for sludge from urban wastewater treatment for Aquafin (2024).
• Assistance to WDP in the sale and lease-back of a multi-purpose warehouse site in Waregem through a contribution in kind (2024).
• Assistance to Warehouses de Pauw (WDP) in forming a joint venture with Gosselin Group (2023).
• Assistance to BNP Paribas Fortis and Matexi in establishing their real estate joint venture HappyNest (2023).
• Assisting the Fedrus group with international intra-group restructurings (including cross-border mergers) and the setting up of a proxy plan for the representation of the various group companies (2020-2023).
• Assistance to the Pandox group in various intragroup restructurings (silent mergers; mergers by acquisition; partial de-mergers) involving the transfer or non-transfer of hotels and other real estate (2019-2023).
• Assistance to various companies in the preparation and adaptation of their corporate governance charter and internal regulations.
• Assistance to majority and minority shareholders of various companies in the (re)negotiation of their shareholder agreements.
• Assistance to a company listed outside the EU in preparing a share buyback (2022-2023).
• Assisting the What’s-Cooking? group (formerly known as Ter Beke) in implementing the change of name of all group companies (2023).