Eva Claeys
Biography
Practice Focus
Eva advises clients in the field of corporate finance with a specific focus on fund structuring, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and equity-based compensation. In addition, she also advises clients on corporate governance as well as general corporate law matters.
Eva also has experience in venture capital transactions.
Representative Legal Matters
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Advised Apheon (Ergon Capital) on the acquisition of Summa, European market leader in vinyl cutters, flatbed cutters and laser cutters.
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Advised Howest, Cronos and BNP Paribas Fortis on the establishment of ForsVC Game Fund I, a new Belgian VC fund active in the gaming sector.
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Advised a listed Belgian real estate investor and developer on the incorporation of a joint venture with a leading Belgian property developer.
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Advised Revive Fund Management in respect of the establishment of Revive Impact Fund.
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Advised Innovation Industries as lead investor and Korys Investments on the 70 million series C financing round in Aphea.Bio, a Belgium-based agricultural technology company.
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Advised the general partner on the establishment of Seeder Fund II, a new VC fund dedicated to first financing rounds of entrepreneurs.
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Advised Apheon on the acquisition of AlliA, a leading independent insurance brokerage group.
Corporate Responsibility
- Mentor at Be.Face VZW, a business network that promotes inclusiveness by creating opportunities for students and job seekers.
Admissions
- Brussels~Belgium (2021)
- Antwerp~Belgium (2018)
Education
- KU Leuven (Master in Company Law) (2023)
- KU Leuven (in association with Brugge Business School, Postgraduate Degree in Corporate Law) (Honours)) (2020)
- Copenhagen Business School (Graduate Level Course in Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurial Business Planning) (2018)
- King's College London (LLM, International Financial Law) (2018)
- University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) (Erasmus exchange programme) (2017)
- Ghent University (Master of Law (Honours)) (2017)
- Ghent University (Bachelor of Laws) (2012)