Transactions: corporate M&A and finance & projects

True transaction lawyers, always meeting your goals

Our transactions practice provides you with high-end assistance in complex Belgian and cross-border transactions

Our assistance covers corporate and M&A, projects, banking and finance, capital markets as well as insolvency and restructuring. We act for listed and private companies, private equity funds, investment funds, financial institutions, multinationals, public authorities and governments.

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    Chambers Europe

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Private M&A

Our transactions team covers all aspects of complex Belgian and cross-border transactions

Our transaction lawyers truly enjoy the dynamics of transactions. We offer the entire range of services on complex Belgian and cross-border transactions for all parties involved: Benelux and global private equity funds, purchasers, sellers, institutional investors and financial institutions alike. We act on acquisitions of privately held companies, platform and buy-and-build transactions, auctions, buy-outs, joint ventures and group restructurings.

Our transaction lawyers form an integrated team with specialised lawyers in all areas relevant to your transactional needs. Our banking and finance lawyers assist with the financing angle of any transaction. Our employment lawyers help with individual and collective labour law issues and our merger specialists navigate you through the regulatory maze of antitrust and competition laws. Our lawyers have deep knowledge of the industries and markets in which they handle transactions.  This is based on sector-specific expertise, including in highly regulated markets, such as life sciences and biotech, (renewable) energy, financial services, insurance, telecom and aviation.

Our assistance typically involves multi-jurisdictional expertise. We have a decades-long proven track record with a fine-mazed network of top-tier firms carefully selected to meet your specific needs.

For any further queries, please contact Michel Bonne, head of our corporate and M&A team.

Notable assignments

  • Representing a renewable energy producer, Elicio, in relation to various offshore wind parks in the North Sea.

  • Coordinating a legal network of top-tier law firms in five continents for Boortmalt, the world’s largest malt producer headquartered in Antwerp.

  • Assisting IPL Plastics Inc., a Canadian listed manufacturer of plastic products, within the framework of the acquisition of a Belgian group producing plastic and cosmetic packaging.

  • Representing CleanLease, Benelux provider of integrated textile products and services, in relation to its acquisition of a Belgian leading company in textile management and health care sector.

  • Representing Federale Verzekering, one of the largest independent insurance companies in Belgium, in the acquisition of another Belgian insurance company.

  • Representing a London-based investment company in relation to the subscription to unsecured convertible bonds issued by a Belgian biopharmaceutical company.

  • Representing Canon in its public take-over bid for I.R.I.S., an NYSE Euronext listed company.

  • Assisting the Caldic-Acatris group on the corporate restructuring of its food business.

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Recommendations

  • The quality of the advice is great - we have been asking some complex questions and they have given clear and to-the-point advice and have been very proactive in providing alternative solutions.

    Chambers Europe
  • Van Bael & Bellis has ‘impressive knowledge of dispute resolution, including mediation’. The firm is notable for its strong regulatory and administrative law contentious practice as well as its impressive life sciences sector presence.

    Legal 500
  • They patiently try to understand the mentality of people in different cultures and pay full respect to that. This attitude is rare in a highly expert world. We are fully satisfied with their practice and the results therefrom.

    IFLR1000
  • They are very responsive, and experienced in pharma and compliance-related matters. They always indicate the timelines of the work they do and keep the client informed on the status of the work.

    Chambers Europe

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Van Bael & Bellis is well known for its client-centred approach, commitment to excellence, exceptional client service and personalised attention.

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