The corporate and M&A team at PwC Legal has experience spanning corporate reorganisation, insolvency, restructuring for nonprofit organisations, and M&A transactions. It often handles large-scale real estate M&A mandates. Karin Winters heads the team, with expertise regarding cross-border mergers. Ive Serneels has notable experience with FDI regulations, and Bart Vanstaen is a go-to for restructuring. Pierre Queritet departed the team in November 2024.
Testimonials
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‘An important advantage of PwC Legal is their link to PwC and thus to a broader range of services and this with a presence in nearly all possible jurisdictions.’
‘Bart Vanstaen is an excellent lawyer and legal partner to work with!’
‘We work with PwC legal for corporate law topics, trainings regarding corporate law, tax law, compliance, HR etc. Fast and reliable service and very good availability.’
‘The advice from the commercial, corporate and M&A team of PWC are always to the point and of high quality. Also given PwC's structure (many different disciplines working well together), the commercial, corporate and M&A team of PWC is able to provide specialist advice on the various facets of a corporate transaction.'
'They ensure that everyone is well aligned even though different disciplines within PwC are involved. The advice is always very well coordinated.’
‘Karin Winters is highly competent, down-to-earth, open mindset, and a hard worker.’
‘Having all skillsets required for M&A activities combined in one team allows for "one-stop-shopping", which is a great benefit for a start-up like ourselves. PwC also offers a global perspective with expertise in different parts of the world, helpful for M&A transactions touching on different global regions.'
‘Very positive experience working with Ive Serneels on an ongoing M&A transaction. His professionalism and ability to execute to a high standard on accelerated timeline was impressive, and his individual contributions stood-out versus other lawyers and counsel I have worked with in the past. Ive is a great lawyer, and an asset to his team.’
Key clients
- Shell
- Belorta
- LRM
- Modula
- Cargotec
- Barry Callebaut
- Magritek
- Cofinimmo
- Easyfairs
- Bekaert
- Roefs
- Colruyt
- Worldline
- Cobepa
Work highlights
- Assisted, together with PwC Legal Germany, Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij (i.e. the investment fund of the Flemish Region) with the acquisition (together with founder Roger Anné and Aminolabs’ existing management) of the shares in Aminolabs from Waterland Private Equity.
- Assisted EasyFairs Group SA with a legal vendor due diligence on the whole Easyfairs group, the largest privately owned pan-European event organiser, active in 10 different countries.
- Assisted Magritek Holdings with the cross-border conversion from New-Zealand to Belgium.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Karin Winters