Corporate & finance

Leveraging extensive international deal knowledge and unparalleled experience in complex transactions within the Belgian market, VBB delivers excellence across high- and mid-value transactions.

Our sector-focused approach and deep industry knowledge enable us to provide efficient due diligence and strategic solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients.

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The team at Van Bael & Bellis offers excellent legal knowledge paired with commercial acumen. The whole team performs beyond expectations.

Notable assignments

Advising FrieslandCampina on a landmark cross-border merger with Milcobel, creating a leading international dairy cooperative with over EUR 14 billion in pro forma revenue.

Advised the SPI.R0 consortium on all aspects related to the investment in and syndicated senior financing of the DBFM-based reconstruction project relating to the Brussels Ring Road intersection near Zaventem airport.

Assisting international pharmaceutical group Baxter, including its Belgium-based subsidiary, Baxter World Trade SRL, as local counsel with the amendment and restatement of its USD 2.2 million credit agreement with an international banking consortium led by JP Morgan Chase.

Advising Indigo Group on several strategic acquisitions, including its acquisition of an underground parking facility in Belgium.

Advising Gedeon Richter on its landmark acquisition of key business lines from Mithra, a distressed Belgian listed pharma company, in the first-ever application of Belgium’s new pre-pack bankruptcy regime to a listed entity, alongside novel use of W&I insurance and pre-signing merger clearance.

Advising Bidfood Belgium on its acquisitions over the past 15 years, including the acquisitions of the V.D.S.-Food group, one of the largest Belgian-based wholesalers of food products for restaurants and large kitchens, and of Foster Fast Food, a distributer of fast-food products.