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Mr Stefan Odeurs
Work Department
Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Foreign Investments, Investment Funds, Investment Management, Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
Stefan Odeurs has a long track record in advising private equity deals. Stefan mainly advises funds on their investments in leveraged transactions (including buy-outs), expansion capital, and divestments (including auction processes). In addition, he has extensive experience in other types of transactions such as restructurings, turnarounds, and secondary buy-outs. Stefan works with co-investors and the management in both MBOs and MBIs. He also advises on the formation and structuring of funds. His work covers both local and cross-border transactions.
Languages
Dutch, French, English.
Education
- Graduated in Social and Military Sciences from the Royal Military Academy (1992)
- Graduated in Applied Economics (Commercial Engineer) from the Institut Cooremans (1995)
- Graduated in Law from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (1997)
- Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1997
- Lawyer in the Corporate and Finance department of Stibbe Brussels (1997–2003)
- Lawyer at the Brussels office of an international law firm (2004–2013)
- With the Brussels office of Stibbe again since 2013 (Partner since 2013)
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)–
In addition to its ability to advise on high-value private equity transactions, the ‘experienced, pragmatic and solution-driven‘ team at Stibbe stands out for providing public and privately held companies in the industrials, energy, and life sciences sectors with complex transactional advice. The team handles both traditional M&A as well as a range of complex public takeovers, joint ventures, and multinational deals. Practice head Stefan Odeurs is noted for his ability to assist private equity funds with a wide range of transactions, an area that capital markets and corporate finance experts Dries Hommez and Jan Peeters also excel in. Pascal Vanden Borre is very experienced with public M&A, takeover bids, and cross-border investments, while Jan Bogaert is noted for handling transactions in regulated sectors.
Belgium > Private equity
(Leading individuals)Noted for its prolific advice in connection with sell-side private equity deals, the team at Stibbe also advises funds on distressed acquisitions, buy-and-build strategies, and investments in innovative companies in sectors such as IT and life sciences. Belgian private equity funds and their portfolio companies routinely instruct the team, which benefits from integrated tax, regulatory, and financing expertise, to advise on the Belgian aspects of global high-value sales to multinational funds. Key contacts in the team include practice head Stefan Odeurs, who is noted for his expertise on leveraged acquisitions, divestments, and turnarounds, as well as Dries Hommez, who is particularly active on cross-border M&A, and Jan Peeters, an expert on capital markets and financing matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Belgium > Private equity
- Leading individuals Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Belgium
- Private equity Belgium
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance
- Private equity
- Tax
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- Industry focus: Energy
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Competition: EU and global