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  • Delta Lloyd Groep on the EUR219 million sale of its Belgian banking business to Anbang Group Holdings a Chinese insurance group.
  • Gilde Buy Out Partners, the Netherlands-based private equity firm, on the acquisition of Oystershell, a Belgian based OTC company with headquarters in Ghent.
  • An insurance company on several transactions including the EUR1.05bn sale of its private banking operation to Precision Capital, a Luxembourg vehicle owned by Qatari investors and the EUR884m sale of its minority stake in a Polish commercial bank, through a private placement; the EUR770m sale of TUiR WARTA, its Polish insurance subsidiary, to Talanx International, the German insurance company.
  • KPN, the Dutch Telecom incumbent, on the EUR1.325bn sale of Base, the Belgian mobile operator to Telenet.
  • Recticel, a Belgian manufacturer of polyurethane foam products, on its capital increase with preferential rights of EUR75.9m.
  • Roularta Media Group, the media company listed on the Brussels stock exchange, on sale of its 50% stake in the audio-visual enterprise Medialaan (TV channels vtm, Q2, Vitaya, CAZ, Radio stations Q music and Joe, Mobile Vikings … ) to the co-shareholder De Persgroep. Additionally, Roularta buys half of the Mediafin shares, currently owned by De Persgroep.
  • Sipef, a Belgian agro-industrial company listed on Euronext Brussels, on the USD 100m acquisition of a 36,84% stake in Agro Muko from Evans group and the equity financing thereof through a rights issue.
  • Trafigura, one of the world’s largest commodities trading firms, on the subscription for shares in Nyrstar for up to EUR125m of the EUR250 – 275m rights offering announced by Nyrstar, a leading metals business specialising in zinc.
  • A multinational materials technology company on the carve-out and auction sale of its building materials operation to Fedrus International, a Belgian-based producer and distributor of building materials. The transaction was co-ordinated by our leading tier 1 Belgian M&A practice that was able to draw on the expertise of A&O's M&A experts and full-service teams in 14 out of the 17 jurisdictions in which the building materials operation is active.
  • X-Fab on its initial public offering and listing of its shares on Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris.

    • Published Work

    • Van Gervan. D, Meeus. D, (1992) "Environmental law - Introduction of criminal liability for companies requires amendment of Criminal Code", I.C.C.L.R.,C - 161. 
    • Van Gerven, Meeus. D, (1992) "Convertible Bonds and Warrants under Belgian Company Law", I.C.C.L.R., 282. 
    • Hinnekens. P, Meeus. D, (1993) "Herkwalificatie van het inkomen van een bestuurder natuurlijke persoon : attractiebeginsel", A.F.T., 137. 
    • Meeus. D, "Protecting Minority Shareholders, the Belgian Perspective", Center For International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria. 
    • Meeus. D, Corporate Governance in Nederland : het Rapport Peters, een aanzet tot verandering en een uitnodiging tot discussie, Vennootschapsrecht & Fiscaliteit, april 1997. 
    • Meeus. D, De Recente Belgische aanbevelingen inzake Corporate Governance, Vennootschap en Fiscaliteit, 1998, nummer 2. 
    • Meeus. D, Het instituut voor Bestuurders, Vennootschap en Fiscaliteit, 1997, nummer 1. 
    • Meeus. D, Corporate Governance, Het Belgisch Perspectief, Het Instituut voor Bestuurders, Intersentia Rechtswetenschappen, 1998.

    Recognition

    “One of the most senior M&A lawyers in Belgium and an important partner at domestic and international level.”
    Chambers Europe, Corporate/M&A, 2018
    “Dirk Meeus ‘brings gravitas to a meeting'.”
    Legal 500, Belgium Corporate/M&A, 2018

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