Corporate Law and M&A

1. Corporate Law and M&A

Our corporate law department provides our clients strategic and commercial legal services in the full spectrum of corporate law matters, such as:

• Managing the operational issues of day-to-day business
• Legal audit
• Negotiating, drafting and implementing partnership and shareholder agreements
• Corporate governance: advising senior management and boards of directors on corporate governance and liability management, corporate governance policies, governance frameworks, disclosure, internal control and relationship with shareholders and other stakeholders
• Changes of corporate form and other forms of corporate restructuring
• Preparing and holding of shareholders’ meetings of listed and non-listed companies
• Incorporation of Companies
• Preparing fund documentation for investors and fund sponsors
• Assisting in shareholders’ disputes
• White collar crime

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2. Mergers & Acquisitions

Our team has extensive expertise in representing entrepreneurs, companies, (investment) banks, private equity firms and other investors for the successful completion of complex corporate and M&A transactions in Belgium and around the world.
In cross-border transactions, we are able to cooperate with lawyers from our large international network of experienced lawyers.

• Venture Capital, private equity and strategic investments :
• Corporate acquisitions (share and asset deals), mergers, joint ventures, buy-outs: 
  • Structuring of private M&A transactions
  • “Pre-contract” agreements
  • Due Diligence and risk assessment for  acquisitions
  • Sale and purchase agreements
• Shareholders structuring and shareholders agreements 
• Mezzanine funding 
• Post-acquisition litigation