Mr Peter De Ryck > Lydian > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Lydian Offices
TOUR & TAXIS
HAVENLAAN, AVENUE DU PORT 86C, B113
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Peter De Ryck
Work Department
Corporate and M&A practice
Position
Peter has a particular focus on:
- corporate law
- mergers and acquisitions
- private equity
- venture capital
- real estate
- equity capital markets
Peter is a trusted adviser to industrial and strategic buyers, private equity and corporate finance houses, financial institutions and real estate investors.
He is especially active in the food and beverage, leisure, transport, service, insurance, energy and ICT sectors.
Languages
Dutch, English, French & Italian
Education
Peter graduated in 1996 with a law degree from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He obtained a diploma in European law from the ULB’s Centre des Études Européennes in 1997 and subsequently followed additional postgraduate programmes in Company Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (KUB) and Business Administration (EHSAL – 2006). Peter was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1998.
He has lived in New York and London and a large part of his education was in English.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)In addition to handling high-value private equity deals for the likes of Naxicap, Lydian is capable of advising domestic and international clients in the financial, industrials, and life sciences sectors on upper mid-market M&A. Questions surrounding corporate governance are a further area of focus for the team, which regularly assists with ESG and structuring questions and advises clients on their entries into the Belgian market. The practice is co-led by Peter De Ryck, who handles private equity and real estate matters, Tom Geudens, and Maxime Colle, whose expertise encompasses public and private M&A as well as corporate structuring. Florence Colpaert is noted for her advice on private equity transactions.
Belgium > Private equity
Lydian advises on the full lifecycle of mid-market and bulge bracket private capital transactions and governance matters, counting a range of Benelux-based target companies as well as international PE and VC funds in its client roster. The team’s advisory expertise enables it to handle fund relocations and corporate restructurings in connection with carve-outs, while it applies its transactional expertise to advise on cross-border buyouts and sell-side M&A. Private equity and real estate transactions expert Peter De Ryck jointly leads the team with Maxime Colle, who handles corporate governance matters, and Tom Geudens. Florence Colpaert is another key contact.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Belgium
- Private equity Belgium
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Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Environment
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Industry focus: Transport
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Energy
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Banking, finance and capital markets