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Pieter-Jan Laleman
Biography
Pieter-Jan advises on all aspects of corporate law with a specific focus on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions both for private equity houses and for corporate clients.
He has expertise in advising Belgian and international clients across various sectors and jurisdictions. In 2024, Pieter-Jan completed an in-house secondment in the legal M&A team of a listed insurance company.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Disputes
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Private equity
- Insurance
Sectors
- Insurance
- Private equity
Selected experience
- IK Partners on their sale of Innovad Group, a leading supplier of animal health and nutrition solutions offering a wide range of specialty additives, to PAI Partners.
- Alpha Private Equity and Management on the sale of IPCOM Group, a leading distributor and manufacturer of insulation solutions.
- Providence Equity Partners (Providence) on the acquisition of Airties, a leading provider of cloud-based managed Wi-Fi solutions to operators globally (Airties) from several sellers including VC/PE group Invus, founders and managers.
- Equistone Partners Europe and management on the sale of Amadys, leading system integrator of end-to-end connectivity solutions for the telecom, infrastructure and energy markets to ETC Group, backed by Cinven, the global private equity firm.
- Verlinvest, a Belgian investment holding company, on its acquisition of veterinary platform Nesto CVBA, a growing network of veterinary practices in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
- Filip Goos (founder) and Indufin Investment (minority PE investor) on the sale of 100% of the shares in Cheops Capital Partners NV (a Belgian Based IT-services company) to Chequers Capital.
- Apheon, a leading European investment firm, and management on a strategic partnership with Astorg, the global private equity firm, to support the long-term development of Sofico, a global frontrunner in providing mission-critical software for the automotive finance, leasing, fleet and mobility industry.
- The shareholders and management (as deal counsel) on the management buy-out of the Denys Group, a multi-specialist construction group based in Ghent, Belgium.
- Edgard Vermeersch (founder and CEO) and sellers (including institutional investors PMV, Gimv, Smartfin, SFPIM and Alychlo) on the sale of a majority stake in Itineris, a global leader in innovative SaaS solutions for the utilities sector, to Cobepa, a privately held investment company.
Education
- Master in Financial Management (MsC), Vlerick Business School, 2020
- Master of Laws (LLM), KU Leuven, 2019
- Erasmus Student, Law, Université de Montpellier, 2018
Admissions
- Advocaat, Brussels, Belgium, 2023
- Advocaat-Stagiair, Brussels, Belgium, 2020
