Entrusted by major multinational companies for its ‘legal precision and commercial insight’, Stibbe regularly advises on high-value public and private M&A. Heading the team, Stefan Odeurs focuses on private equity transactions, with recent engagement in the infrastructure and manufacturing sectors. With particular experience in the real estate space, Jan Peeters combines corporate and capital markets expertise, regularly advising on M&A and takeover bids. Pascal Vanden Borre focuses on the acquisition and divestment of domestic assets and businesses, while Jan Bogaert advises major industrial and life sciences players on M&A and investments.
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Testimonials
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- 'Very responsive, commercial, and adept in structuring and executing private equity buyout transactions.'
- 'Stibbe has a pragmatic and honest approach to advising their client. They can keep it simple but can also propose creative solutions for a custom service. Stibbe can cover the full spectrum of services.'
- 'No nonsense, no arrogance: they are a go to team for all international PE firms looking to do business in Belgium.'
- 'Jan Peeters' expertise and agility on delisting matters have helped us tremendously in unlocking complex situations.'
- 'Pascal Vanden Borre is to the point, calm, clear, and very easy to work with. He understands our business, focuses on what really matters, and gives practical, no-nonsense advice.'
- 'Jan Bogaert provides clear and practical advice. He is always responsive and is super easy to deal with.'
Key clients
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP)
- Brookfield
- EQT
- IK Investment Partners (IK)
- KKR
Work highlights
Advised Aedifica on its proposed conditional exchange offer to Cofinimmo and the resulting agreement to combine and create Europe’s leading healthcare REIT.
Advised Belgian-listed company Proximus on the sale of its datacentres business to Datacenter United and on the sale of its majority stake in Be-Mobile to EasyPark AB.
Advised Infrastructure investment and asset management firm Infranity on its €125m investment in Energy Solutions Group, an independent green energy producer in the Benelux region.
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Practice head
Stefan Odeurs
Other key lawyers
Jan Peeters; Pascal Vanden Borre; Jan Bogaert; Julien Bogaerts