K&L Gates GP
The team at K&L Gates GP is capable of handling both domestic real estate and corporate transactions for Belgian clients as well as working with the firm’s international offices to advise on the Belgian aspects of multi-jurisdictional transactions. The practice is co-led by corporate and private equity expert Jeroen Smets and Patrice Corbiau, whose advice encompasses transactional matters as well as commercial agreements and disputes.
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Key clients
- 3D Systems Corporation
- AB Alternative Fund
- Hill-Rom
- Microfocus
- II-VI Incorporated
- Solvay
- Christie’s Mansion & Woods Limited
- Securitas AB
- Cipla Limited
- Irvine Scientific Sales Company, Inc
- Mölnlycke Health Care AB
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Haas Automation Europe
- LX Hausys
- Fujifilm Corporation
- MotorK Italia
- Sealed Air Corporation
- PR Promotion
- FMC Corporation
- PR Promotion
- Wella International Operations
- Oracle Corporation
- The Nickel Institute
- Trianchor Capital Management
- Veden Dental
- Laboratory Corporation of America
- Bin Hamoodah Ltd
- GN Store Nord A/S GN
- A.N.S. Benelux
Work highlights
- Advised Securitas AB on the Belgian aspects of the acquisition of Stanley Security, the electronic security solutions business from Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
- Advised AB Alternative Fund SICAV-SIF, European Real Estate Sub-Fund, on the acquisition of AGC’s Glass’s European HQ in Louvain-la-Neuve.
- Advised MotorK Italia on the acquisition of the digital automotive retail company Carflow.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Patrice Corbiau, Jeroen Smets