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• Assisted Elia Group SA/NV with a €500m cash tender offer for its 2018 hybrid securities and a €400m investment in energyRe Giga Projects.
  
• Advised Solvay SA on its inaugural €1.5bn dual tranche bond issuance, connected to the partial demerger into Syensqo SA.
  
• Advised bpost SA/NV on the €1.3bn financing for its strategic acquisition of Staci group and on securing a new €400m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility.
  

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• Advised Biocartis Group on the agreement by the company’s Secured Creditors on a recapitalization of its operating subsidiaries and comprehensive balance sheet restructuring transaction that materially de-levered the operating business by reducing its debt burden by EUR132mm and recapitalised it with EUR40m of new equity capital under the ownership of the Secured Creditors.
  
• Advised JP Morgan on a bridge financing for bpost SA/NV for the purposes of its acquisition of Staci’s shares from Ardian and other minority shareholders, with a view to position itself as a leader in e-commerce and omnichannel logistics and fulfilment in Europe.
  
• Advised Gimv on the acquisition by WorxInvest of a 27.81% stake in Gimv from the Flemish Participation Company (VPM) in a transaction valued at EUR375m.
  

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• Advised the Euroports Group on a refinancing through amendment, extension and increase of their first and second lien facilities, arranged by JP Morgan.
  
• Advised Fosun on the sale of its stake in insurance group Ageas to BNP Paribas Cardif.
  
• Advising the Joint Bookrunners on Syensqo’s successful inaugural USD1.2bn offering of 144A/Reg S Notes.
  

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• Advised Euroclear SA/NV, a leading global financial institution, on the legal aspects of the development of a new digital cross-border platform enabling the provision of new value-added services to clients.
  
• Advised Cegeka Groep on the financing of the acquisition of Computer Task Group, Inc., a company listed on Nasdaq. Cegeka has received an award at the M&A Awards Belgium 2023 for ‘Best Mid Cap Corporate’.
  
• Assisting the client as consortium legal counsel in relation to the PPP project for the replacement of approximately 50 bridges in Flanders (PPP Kunstwerken), value approximately EUR900m.
  

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• Advised Warehouses De Pauw, the largest Belgian REIT by market cap, on more than EUR850m worth of (re)financing transactions during the current review period.
  
• Advised Atenor on its EUR181.5m “rights issue” followed by a top-up capital increase.
  
• Advised Immobel on its EUR287m facility granted for the development and construction of the Oxy site in Brussels, probably the largest construction financing on the Brussels market this year.
  

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• Advising the European Investment Bank, among others, on a venture debt financing for The Akkermansia Company, a Belgian microbiome health company.
  
• Advising the European Commission on the establishment of the EU Issuance Service, a new infrastructure for the settlement of primary market issuances and initial distribution of EU debt securities.
  
• Assisted a real estate company with the real estate financing of over 50 properties in Belgium by a syndicate of banks.
  

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• Assisting Brookfield Asset Management and its portfolio company Befimmo with a comprehensive €1.5bn refinancing of the entire Befimmo group, including three separate major real estate financing transactions.
  
• Assisting funds managed by Highbridge Capital Management and Whitebox Advisors with a restructuring of a €100m secured convertible facility agreement for Mithra Pharmaceuticals, including a new €25m senior bridge financing allowing Mithra to sell its business to Gedeon Richter as part of one of Belgium’s first major prepack bankruptcy proceedings.
  
• Assisting Chequers Capital, a Paris based private equity fund, with the acquisition financing to support its buy-out of Cheops from its existing shareholders (Filip Goos and Indufin).
  

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• Represented the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in connection with a €533m SDG loan facility agreement arranged by Standard Chartered Bank and benefiting from a Partial Credit Guarantee provided by the African Development Bank for up to €400m.
  
• Advised Solvay on the preparation of a separation into two independent listed companies, being Syensqo and Solvay.
  
• Representing BNP Paribas and its insurance subsidiary BNP Paribas Cardif in the acquisition of a stake of approx. 9% in ageas SA/NV (Ageas) from Fosun Group, a global conglomerate consumer group listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  

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• Advising the Belgian Federal Region of Wallonia on its EUR25bn EMTN programme, including the drafting and negotiation on the dealer agreement, agency agreement, information memorandum, listing, rating, etc.
  
• Advised Pricoa on the setting up of a $225m multi-currency Shelf Facility governed by Belgian law to the Belgian based Interparking, a leading European car park operator.
  
• Advised Colas on the restructuring of the EUR250m financing of the private public partnership relating to the building of a brand-new light train (tramway) in the city of Liège, which faced significant delays.
  

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• Advised Sigmaroc plc on the EUR875m acquisition finance for the reverse takeover of New York-listed limestone producer CRH’s European Lime Perimeter.
  
• Assisted Deutsche Hypo – NORD/LB with several real estate financing matters, including a real estate financing made available to The First NV (sponsor: Union Investment Real Estate GmbH) for the refinancing of shareholder debt used to finance the acquisition of a multi-tenant office building ‘The First’ located at the heart of the European Quarter in Brussels.
  
• Assisted a consortium of BESIX Group NV, Rebelvalley B.V., pppconnect B.V., and PMV NV with a bid for the DBFM Brussels Fire Station PPP project (deal value of EUR268m).
  

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• Assisted Buy Personal Finance SA with the set-up of a new STS compliant revolving public asset-backed securities transaction securitising a portfolio of revolving credit and instalment loan agreement through BL Consumer Issuance Platform SA, a Luxembourg securitisation vehicle, acting through compartment BL Consumer Credit 2024.
  
• Representing ICG Real Estate Debt Investments in their first private debt transaction in Belgium (refinancing of a hotel portfolio and financing of the development of new hotel facilities).
  
• Assisting Euroclear Investments SA, Euroclear SA and Euroclear Holding AG with the set-up and implementation of a consent solicitation procedure for Euroclear Investments’ EUR600m Notes due 2016 in the framework of an internal reorganisation.
  

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• Advised BNP Paribas Fortis, ING Belgium, and KBC Bank NV on the granting of EUR420m of facilities to Agristo.
  
• Advised ABN Amro Bank, Belfius Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, and KBC Bank NV on the refinancing of a floating storage and regasification unit by Exmar.
  

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• Assisting the Alpha Trains Group with the EUR1.3bn refinancing of existing senior debt and upcoming maturities and financing to support future growth by entering into new Green Senior Loans & Private Placements and a new Capex Line & Revolving Credit Facility.
  
• Assisting Perpetum Energy with the project financing for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 60MWp solar power plant, the largest of its kind in Wallonia, to provide renewable electricity to INEOS Inovyn.
  
• Assisting Belfius Bank as placement agent with the secondary private placement of shares in Euronext listed company Montea NV, developer and investor in logistics real estate.
  

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• Advised OrbiMed Advisors on a $100m term loan facility to MDxHealth Inc. and a warrant for MDxHealth SA’s common shares.
  
• Assisted Nyxoah with its underwritten US public offering and a €37.5m loan facility and synthetic warrant agreement with the EIB.
  
• Assisted CACIB with the extension to Belgium of a global trade receivables securitisation for Plastic Omnium.
  

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• Assisted abrdn, a UK-based global investment company, with the acquisition of multiple stakes in the participation of Rebel Infra Developers B.V., an investment company, in four Belgian Public-Private Partnership projects, including R4WO project.
  
• Advised Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, on the Belgian law aspects of the private debt funded acquisition financing of Match Bidco SAS.
  
• Advising a consortium of sponsors on a PPP Project relating to ring road infrastructure works at the intersection of the R0 and A201 roads near Brussels Airport (Belgium), which was procured by De Werkvennootschap NV for the Flemish authorities.
  

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• Advised longstanding client CMB on reaching an agreement with Frontline and John Fredriksen on a solution for the deadlock at Euronav.
  
• Advised new client Quarzwerke on the sale of its stake through a EUR610m self-tender offer by Sibelco.
  
• Assisted Strada Partners and its portfolio company AXI with the legal split of its activities in a software branch and a digital services branch.
  

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• Advised Banco Santander and BNP Paribas on providing new facilities to SigmaRoc plc to part fund their acquisition of CRH plc’s European limestone quarry businesses in Belgium, Germany, Poland, Czechia, England, and Ireland.
  
• Advised Fair Market Value Capital Partners (UK) Limited on behalf of the FMV Industrial Infrastructure Fund I SCSp and TD Asset Management Inc. on behalf of the TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund SCSp on the €100m financing to support the acquisition of a 28% stake in PSA Italy and in PSA Genoa Investments NV from PSA International.
  
• Assisting Goldman Sachs, Citibank, and Barclays with their notes, warrants, and certificates issuance programmes to ensure consistency of the terms hereof with the Belgian Code of Economic Law and, in particular, the provisions in respect of unfair terms.
  

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• Advised Gigargant on the restructuring and insolvency procedure of Van Hool NV.
  
• Advising the Van Mossel/ICLH group on their Belgian financing transactions totalling EUR2bn+ debt positions.
  
• Advising Xior on their ECM, DCM, and banking transactions.
  

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• Advised an international private debt fund on the mezzanine financing of a portfolio of ultra prima retail real estate assets located in Belgium and France.
  
• Advised a hotel group as borrower on the development financing and refinancing of a portfolio of hotels by an international private debt fund.
  
• Advised commodities trader Traxys as lead counsel on the extension and increase of their USD1.570bn flagship multi-currency syndicated borrowing base credit facilities.
  

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• Advised Palmira Capital Partners on its negotiation of a tailor-made property acquisition financing provided by ING Bank.
  
• Assisted Les Nouveaux Ateliers de la Meuse with negotiating a new financing structure.
  
• Assisted the US alternative financing solutions provider TPC with closing its factoring deal with The Searchers, an upcoming Belgian film distributor.
  

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• Advised Theravet, a vet technology actor listed on Euronext Growth Brussels and Paris, on the implementation of a EUR3m equity line subscribed through private placement by a French financial company.
  
• Advised Celyad, a Belgian biotech actor listed on Euronext Brussels and Paris, on a EUR10m private placement subscribed by Fortress.
  
• Advised Welovefounders, a new VC actor active in the technology sector, on its investment in Linkcy, a French fintech.
  

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• Advised Bank of Montreal on a USD275m credit agreement pursuant to which certain loans were made available to the Dorel Group.
  
• Advised THE HYAKUJUSHI BANK, LTD. on a USD40m aircraft loan agreement, to the benefit of TUI TRAVEL AVIATION FINANCE LIMITED for the purchase of a Boeing 737-8 aircraft.
  
• Advised Hartree Partners (UK) Limited on a USD600m borrowing base facility agreement pursuant to which certain facilities were made available to the Hartree Group for, inter alia, the purchase, transportation, storage, resale, and hedging of crude oil, refined petroleum products (including butane and propane), marine oil, fuel oil, and biofuels, and refinancing financial indebtedness of the Group.
  

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• Acting on behalf of KBC Bank in its capacity as lender in the context of a public procurement procedure.
  
• Assisted the front-ranking database startup (more than 7 million customers in database) Freedelity during all the process for obtaining a PSD2 payment institution license from the National Bank of Belgium.
  
• Advised the consortium led by contractor Jan De Nul on the DBFM (Design, Build, Finance, Maintain) project for the construction of a new prison in Antwerp.
  

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• Assisting Société Générale with the refinancing of the acquisition by, and the existing indebtedness of, Healthcare Activos Inmobiliarios 21, SLU (Healthcare Activos Yield Socimi SA) of a group of companies involved in the health care, involving five property companies in Belgium.
  
• Assisting Bayerische Landesbank with the refinancing of the acquisition of are tail property held by LSVAF2 Cosmopolitan Investment located in Brussels, rue Neuve, the largest shopping street of Belgium.
  
• Assisting Axalta Coating Systems group, alongside Latham &Watkins followed by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, with the Belgian aspects of the refinancing of its USD2bn credit agreement.