Pieter-Jan Denys
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
Capital markets transactions
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Advised the consortium of underwriting banks on the initial public offering of Nyxoah SA, a Belgian healthtech company, on Euronext Brussels.
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Advised a renewable energy company on a EUR 20 million equity financing round through an EU Growth Prospectus.
Private equity transactions
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Advised management of Infra Group on the acquisition by PAI Partners of a majority stake of the company.
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Advised Straco, a Belgium-based private equity firm, concerning its acquisition of the Incendin group from GIMV, a European investment company listed on Euronext Brussels.
Private M&A transactions
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Advised Donaldson Company Inc. on its acquisition of Univercells Technologies SA, a Belgium-based biotech group that manufactures bioreactors.
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Advised apheon (Ergon Capital) on the acquisition of the AlliA insurance brokerage group.
Public M&A transactions
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Advised the independent directors of Telenet on the public takeover bid and subsequent delisting of Telenet by Liberty Global.
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Advised S.A.B.C.A, a Belgian group listed on Euronext Brussels that is active in the aerospace and defence industries on the public takeover bid and subsequent delisting process.
Corporate advisory and reorganisations
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Advised Lufthansa on an emergency equity investment and debt financing arrangement concerning Brussels Airlines, brought about by the impact of COVID-19.
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Advised a listed industrial company on a variety of governance matters, including the convocation of its annual shareholders' meeting and measures to be implemented following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professional Honors
- First place, European Law Moot Court, 2014-2015
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Brussels Bar (Dutch language section) - Member
- Brussels Young Bar Association - Member of the Board of Directors 2016-2018
Admissions
- Brussels~Belgium (2015)
Education
- Harvard Extension School (Post-Graduate Certificate in Corporate Finance) (2017)
- KU Leuven (Law Degree, magna cum laude) (2015)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
- French