A ‘great team with broad capabilities’, A&O Shearman’s private equity offering is experienced in both domestic and cross-border deals. This ’expertise in different domains’ lends itself to the team’s M&A work, and its experience in deals with novel structuring aspects. Wouter Van de Voorde heads the practice from Antwerp, with global corporate co-head Dirk Meeus working out of Brussels. Meeus combines M&A, private equity, and equity capital markets expertise. Frederiek Adams ‘really understands priorities for an investor’, representing both local and international private equity houses on buy- and sell-side transactions. Esther Remy is noted for her work involving complex carve-out and disentanglement considerations.
Testimonials
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‘Largest team active in private equity deals in Belgium with multiple partners being able to support you on M&A transactions with expertise in different domains available.’
‘Frederiek Adams is a very pragmatic, young and enthusiastic lawyer that really understands priorities for an investor.’