Stibbe boasts a ‘rare combination between highly skilled lawyers and business savviness’ in its corporate and finance team, which often handles the advisory, transactional, compliance, and litigation elements of cross-border matters. It has particular strength in private equity matters, and regularly handles restructurings. At the helm of the team, Stefan Odeurs often advises funds on their investments in leveraged transactors. Jan Peeters specialises in both public and private M&A, as does Pascal Vanden Borre, while Jan Bogaert is a go-to for strategic and industrial M&A, including in the infrastructure, energy and technology industries.
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‘Pragmatic, fast and efficient. Client first mentality.’
‘Rare combination between highly skilled lawyers and business savviness, not just at the (senior) partner level, but throughout the organization.’
‘Biggest strength being their deep and consistent knowledge and expertise in the Venture Capital environment in Belgium.'
'We were very satisfied by their level of responsiveness and their solution-oriented approach to any inconveniences we found in the process.’
‘Jan Bogaert was the partner in charge and he was of great help, not only by sharing with us his knowledge and expertise but also by being effective in the tough negotiations we had to deal with.'
Key clients
- Carpenter
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Blackstone
- Brookfield
- Industri Kapital
Work highlights
- Assisted the Flemish Government with the sale of its shares in GIMV to WorxInvest, the parent company of SDWorx, for EUR375m.
- Assisted PSG Equity, via its portfolio entity Zelda Netherlands, with the acquisitions of 100% of the shares in Resengo and, in a separate transaction, of 100% of the shares in Tablebooker.
- Assisted Energy Infrastructure Partners AG and its Belgian consortium members with the acquisition of a 19.85% stake in Fluxys from Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Quebec.
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Practice head
Stefan Odeurs
Other key lawyers
Dries Hommez; Jan Peeters; Jan Bogaert; Pascal Vanden Borre; Marc Fyon