Pieter-Jan Denys
Biography
Pieter-Jan Denys is a counsel in the Corporate Finance Practice Group of Baker McKenzie's Brussels office. Pieter-Jan is experienced in Private M&A and Private Equity, advising clients on complex transactions across the entire deal lifecycle. His practice also encompasses Public M&A and Venture Capital transactions, as well as general corporate law matters such as corporate governance and restructuring. Pieter-Jan regularly acts for companies and investors operating in a broad range of sectors, providing strategic, commercially focused advice tailored to their business objectives.
Practice Focus
Pieter-Jan advises on the full spectrum of corporate and financial law matters, including public and private M&A, venture capital and private equity investments, as well as capital markets transactions. He advises on other general corporate law matters, such as corporate governance and corporate restructuring. He works with companies in a variety of sectors and industries.
Representative Legal Matters
Private M&A transactions
- Advised Vandemoortele on the acquisitions of Dolciaria Acquaviva, Banneton Bakeries, Lizzi and DéliFrance, creating a global leader in the frozen bakery industry.
- Advised Donaldson Company Inc. on its acquisition of Univercells Technologies SA, a Belgium-based biotech group manufacturing bioreactors.
Private equity transactions
- 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.
- Advised apheon (Ergon Capital) on the acquisition of the AlliA insurance brokerage group.
Public M&A transactions
- Advised the independent directors of Telenet on the public takeover bid and subsequent delisting of Telenet by Liberty Global.
- Advised Resilux, a Belgium-based industrial group, and its shareholders on the sale of a majority participation to Quva NV, and subsequent mandatory takeover bid and delisting process.
Capital markets transactions
- Advised the consortium of underwriting banks on the initial public offering of Nyxoah SA, a Belgian healthtech company, on Euronext Brussels.
- Advised a renewable energy company on a EUR 20 million equity financing round through an EU Growth Prospectus.
Corporate advisory and reorganisations
- Advised Lufthansa on an emergency equity investment and debt financing arrangement concerning Brussels Airlines, brought about by the impact of COVID-19.
- 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
- Vlerick Business School (Executive MBA) (2025)
- Harvard Extension School (Postgraduate in Corporate Finance) (2017)
- KU Leuven (law degree (magna cum laude, top 10 of his class)) (2015)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
- French