Liedekerke
Liedekerke‘s private equity and venture capital offering targets funds as well as corporate clients and encompasses fund structuring advice, transactional guidance, and a large volume of work in connection with VC-backed fundraising. The team is particularly active across transactions in the energy, tech, and life sciences sectors, owing heavily to the expertise of M&A expert and practice head Damien Conem. Further key contacts in the team include IT transactions expert Christel Van den Eynden as well as versatile PE and capital markets specialists Jacques Meunier and Wim Dedecker.
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Testimonials
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‘My main contact is Christel Van den Eynden. Very nice person, great lawyer, very responsive and professional. Highly recommended!’
‘The Liedekerke PE team is responsive and pragmatic.’
‘The team is very pragmatic and easy to approach. They listen to their clients and think with their clients to come to appropriate solutions in complex discussions. They are respected by everyone around the table, not the least by the delegation leaders of all parties.’
‘Wim Dedecker has the ability to look for pragmatic solutions and defends them in a very diplomatic way gaining trust from all parties in the negotiations. He is not afraid to think out of the box and to challenge his client to find an agreement that is acceptable to everyone.’
Work highlights
- Advised investment funds DST Global and Gemini Investments in connection with the acquisition by Deliverect of Chatfood.
- Assisted Korys, the investment company of the Colruyt family, with its investment in Incofin, a Belgian impact investment management company.
- Assisted Cohabs with a €450m financing round encompassing capital entries by global real estate investor Ivanhoé Cambridge, Belfius Insurance and the real estate arm of the Belgian Sovereign Fund.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Damien Conem