Lorenz – Brussels Bishkek Geneva

Corporate / M&A

• The acquisition by an international leader in the manufacture of high-quality thermoplastic films and products of the entire industrial foils business of an international chemical and pharmaceutical group with headquarters in Belgium.
• The acquisition by an international innovative solutions provider for the infrastructure, building and construction market of a privately-owned German holding company controlling a Belgian company active in the galvanizing and lighting pole fabricating business with significant operations in the Benelux, France and the US.
• The acquisition by a global enterprise of leading marketing services and specialty communication companies of a company specialized in EU political strategy, policy development and media relations.
• The acquisition by the Swiss world leader in dental implants of a Belgian-based spin-off of the Catholic University of Leuven which is the leading developer of innovative medical imaging solutions for treatment planning and guided surgery.
• The acquisition by a UK group comprising twelve food companies specialising in the import, storage and distribution of a wide variety of foodstuffs, of a Belgian company active in the sale and distribution of meat products, with a view to developing into the Benelux.
• UK subsidiary of a leading producer of mineral based products and additives supplying a wide variety of customers and industries throughout North America and Europe, of a Belgian-based distributor of mineral sands and zircon chemical products across Europe.
• The acquisition by a major French company active in the oleon industry of a major Belgian player active in the same industry (with about 500 employees), involving a large number of Belgian private equity players on the sellers’ side.
• The sale by a large Belgian real estate group of an industry park in Erpe Mere to a logistics company through a share deal.
• The Belgian legal aspects of the sale by a global company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases of its renal care business to an investment consortium led by two European private equity companies.
• The Belgian legal aspects of the acquisition by a large diversified US chemical manufacturer of the assets of the crop protection business of a global energy and petrochemical company.
• The negotiation of a joint venture on behalf of a US mobile phone operator with the Belgian incumbent telecommunications operator to set up the first mobile telephone network operating on the GSM-standard in Belgium.
• The acquisition by a Dutch company active on a world-wide basis in credit management services, including debt recovery, of a Belgian company which was active in the same field.
• The negotiation of a joint venture between a Belgian cement company, part of a German cement holding, setting up two joint venture companies with a Lebanese company, with a view to importing and distributing cement on the Egyptian and Algerian market.
• The Belgian legal aspects of the acquisition by a worldwide communications group of the worldwide activities of a medical publication group.
• The acquisition by a Belgian cement company, part of a German cement holding, of two Ukrainian cement companies.
• The participation by a US company in the Flemish broadband cable operator and the acquisition by the latter of the cable television operations of the so-called mixed intermunicipal companies.
• The financing by a large US investment bank of the contemplated acquisition within the context of an auction sale by a US company of a Belgian translation company.
• The sale by a US company active in the development services and sale of software products and of part of the assets of its Belgian subsidiary to a US company and the sale of the Belgian subsidiary itself to another company.
• The Belgian legal aspects of the spin-off by the world’s leading supplier of human capital solutions of its eResourcing and Executive Search units into a new publicly traded company and the division of the latter in 3 units.
• The Belgian legal aspects of the refinancing of a Swiss company which is a leading worldwide provider of inks for flexible packaging applications and security solutions and which had a subsidiary in Belgium.
• The acquisition by a US company specialized in intelligent product identification solutions of a Belgian company active in developing and selling integrated solutions for software and, in particular, automatic identification technologies, such as coating hardware, RFD, RFDC and barcode scanners.
• The acquisition by one of the largest independent French publishing companies of a Belgian comic strip company, which created the largest comic strip group in Europe.
• The acquisition by an Irish company specialized in risk management and compliance software of a Belgian-based risk management firm.
• The sale by the leading global online careers company of its Belgian HR communications division by means of a management buy-out.
• The acquisition by one of the largest ICT companies in The Netherlands and Belgium of 3 ICT companies in Belgium through 3 different transactions.
• The acquisition by a large Russian multi-activity holding company of a Belgian manufacturing company with subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, the People’s Republic of China, Malaysia and the US and with over 300 employees.
• The acquisition by a global leader in software and processing solutions of a Belgian-based supplier of payment processing software solutions.
• The acquisition by an affiliate of one of the largest information companies of a Belgian-based company active in the development and commercialisation of wealth and investment software solutions.
• The acquisition by an innovative specialty chemical company that produces technologies that improve the quality and performance of products in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets, of selected personal care product lines from the subsidiary of one of the largest global chemical companies.
• The Belgian legal aspects of the restructuring and the sale by a leading worldwide provider of inks for flexible packaging applications and security solutions of its packaging business (including the Belgian entity).
• The Belgian legal aspects of the financing by a French financial consortium of the acquisition by a French group of a Belgian wholesaler in fresh biological vegetables and fruit.