Victor Deprez
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
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Advised VM2 Holdings, Co., Ltd. on the acquisition of Pierre Marcolini Group, Belgium's world-famous luxury chocolatier. VM2 is based in Japan and has a strong presence in Asia, in particular through its operations for the Godiva brand in Japan, South Korea, Australia and its factory in Belgium.
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Advised a Belgian sovereign wealth fund in the acquisition of a 6% stake in a listed insurance company in Belgium.
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Advised target company group active in the infrastructure industry in Europe regarding a management rollover of 150 managers in a buy out management buy in secondary sale transactions between two external investors valued at EUR 1 billion.
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Advised in the sale of a scale up drone and software company making products for police, firefighter, emergency and army forces.
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Advised external investor on its acquisition of a substantial part of the technical B2B services business from Belgium's biggest electricity company.
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Advised a market leading Belgian insurance players on making a strategic buy and build acquisition.
Professional Honors
- Various First Distinctions at Oxford University (2021)
- Fernand Lazard Fellow (2021)
- Dean's congratulatory letter top finalist business management, Lincoln University (2014)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Oxford Business Law Network - Member
- Ghent University - Alumni, Alpha Honours Association
- Capitumni - Capitant Alumni Member
Corporate Responsibility
- Road2Glory project
Admissions
- Brussels~Belgium (2021)
Education
- University of Oxford (MSc in Law and Finance) (2021)
- University of Ghent (LLM) (2020)
- University of Ghent (Hons.D.) (2018)
- University of Gent (LLB) (2018)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
- French