ARGO Law
ARGO Law is very active in acquisition finance, leveraging the firm's strong reputation in private equity matters to advise borrower-side funds as well as institutional lenders on a large volume of leveraged transactions. Refinancing is a further area of focus, and the team is additionally capable of advising on IPOs, public takeovers, and bond issuances. Nico Goossens is a key contact for capital markets work as well as public M&A matters and co-leads the team with Pieter Bogaerts, who focuses on private equity lending.
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Key clients
- Bencis Capital Partners
- Equine Care Group
- Waterland Private Equity
- Fortino Capital
- Lizy
- Dynamica
- Strada Partners
- ING Belgium
- KBC Bank
- D2E
- Sofindev
- VGP
- Exmar
- Saverex
Work highlights
- Advised Waterland Private Equity, the Asteria Group and an international consortium of bank and non-bank lenders on the refinancing of the Asteria Group.
- Advised Saverex on its voluntary and conditional €720m takeover bid for Exmar.
- Advised VGP NV on its €303m capital increase through a public rights offering.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nico Goossens, Pieter Bogaerts