Mr Tom Geudens > Lydian > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Financial services providers value Lydian‘s ability ‘to leverage regulation to conduct business in the most efficient and flexible way.’ Banking and finance team lead Tom Geudens, insurance and reinsurance specialist Sandra Lodewijckx, and dispute resolution department head Hugo Keulers come together to form the core of the group, handling the gamut of advisory and contentious work between them.

In addition to handling high-value private equity deals for the likes of Naxicap, Lydian is capable of advising domestic and international clients in the financial, industrials, and life sciences sectors on upper mid-market M&A. Questions surrounding corporate governance are a further area of focus for the team, which regularly assists with ESG and structuring questions and advises clients on their entries into the Belgian market. The practice is co-led by Peter De Ryck, who handles private equity and real estate matters, Tom Geudens, and Maxime Colle, whose expertise encompasses public and private M&A as well as corporate structuring. Florence Colpaert is noted for her advice on private equity transactions.

Lydian advises on the full lifecycle of mid-market and bulge bracket private capital transactions and governance matters, counting a range of Benelux-based target companies as well as international PE and VC funds in its client roster. The team’s advisory expertise enables it to handle fund relocations and corporate restructurings in connection with carve-outs, while it applies its transactional expertise to advise on cross-border buyouts and sell-side M&A. Private equity and real estate transactions expert Peter De Ryck jointly leads the team with Maxime Colle, who handles corporate governance matters, and Tom Geudens. Florence Colpaert is another key contact.

Lydian is active across asset-based lending, trade and project finance, and acquisition financing, assisting both domestic and international banks as well as corporate borrowers with a series of high-value, often cross-border arrangements. The team maintains particularly strong connections with UK and US-based clients and partners, enabling it to handle the domestic aspects of major multijurisdictional facility agreements. Tom Geudens leads the team and has a ‘unique position and understanding of cross-border finance transactions‘.