Cresco Advocaten‘s corporate and M&A team takes a ’creative attitude to corporate structuring and corporate legal topics’, with a particular focus on work for private equity funds. It leverages expertise in the technology sector to support start-ups and scale-ups in the industry. Founding partner David Dessers heads the corporate offering, ‘a tower of trust for many Belgian tech ventures’, working closely with Olivier Van Raemdonck and Glenn L’hoëst.
Testimonials
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‘Broad knowledge of markets relevant to us. Creative attitude to corporate structuring and corporate legal topics. They listen well and are very open to our wishes, they are genuinely interested in and protecting our interests.’
‘The Cresco team is very knowledgeable and extremely flexible. They have a calm and decisive way of working.'
‘Hands-on team providing strategic insights on the transaction. Their experience is shared with their customer. We appreciate the fast turn-over of the documentation and their availability.’
‘We highly valued the support of David Dessers and Glenn L'hoëst, their availability, their hands-on support and their knowledge of M&A transactions.’
‘Cresco covers the most important legal aspects for both scale-ups and investment funds. The team is hard-working but clearly well balanced.'
‘David Dessers is a tower of trust for many Belgian tech ventures as he clearly understands the stakes involved for founders, investors and management. He aligns interests of all parties, has a unique ability to set legal and commercial priorities and is particularly keen on not losing deals for the wrong reasons.'
‘It has been great working with them and they have become a trusted advisor!'
‘Glenn L'hoëst is great - he is always able to guide us forward compared to other lawyers who often take a less collaborative approach.’
Key clients
- M80 Partners
- Belfius
- SmartFin Capital
- SmartFin Ventures
- Headline
- KBC Group
- Rein4ced
- Pitchdrive Funds
- Angelwise
- KBC Group
- Airbus Ventures
- Xange Ventures
- Elia
- 9.5 Ventures
- Innovation Industries Fund
- TechWolf
- Credix
- Dovesco
- Castelmore
- Mercedes-Benz
- BISC Global
- Resengo
- eCapital & TIIN Capital
- Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij
- rOntoforce
Work highlights
- Advised M80 Partners on the Yuma buy & build strategy.
- Advised Robovision and Techwolf on their EUR40m+ growth rounds.
- Advised Main Capital on its buy & build strategy.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Dessers