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Dominique Maes

Partner
Baker & McKenzie CVBA/SCRL

Biography

Dominique Maes is a partner in the Corporate Group in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 1999 and has been a partner since 2009. Dominique co-heads the Corporate Practice of Baker McKenzie for the EMEA Region since 2018 and is a member of the Firm’s Global M&A Steering Committee. Dominique is mentioned consistently since many years as a leading corporate lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and IFLR (International Financial Law review). He has been nominated Acritas Star Lawyer and is one of the Belgian winners of the Client Choice Awards. More recently Dominique has also been nominated ‘Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer – independently rated lawyers’ 2023.

Practice Focus

Dominique advises clients on Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Reorganizations and Corporate Compliance & Governance. His practice focuses on Private Equity and M&A transactions, buy-outs, corporate restructurings and corporate governance issues.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Mayfair Equity Partners on its acquisition of Jonckers Translation & Engineering
  • Ergon Capital Partners on its acquisition of Allia Insurance Brokers
  • Ingram Micro (a portfolio company of Platinum Equity) on the disposal of its Commerce & Lifecycle Services business to CMA CGM Group/Ceva Logistics
  • Aquinos on its acquisition of the bedding business of Recticel
  • Quva (the family office of Pascal Vanhalst) on its acquisitions of Abriso-Jiffy from Bencis Capital, ConDoor from Parcom Capital and Synergia and Aalterpaint from Creafund
  • Ergon Capital Partners on its acquisition of Summa from Gimv
  • Westfort Capital on the disposal of 50% of the OKU Hotel Leisure Group to Alychlo
  • OpenGate Capital on the Belgian aspects of their acquisition of ScioTeq and TREALITY Simulation Visual Systems from TransDigm Group Incorporated
  • Dentius on the investment of Florac into Dentius
  • Carglass/Belron on the disposal of their car repair business to Standard Investment
  • C-Lab International Limited on its acquisition of Softhale NV from New Rhein Capital and others
  • Arcus Infrastructure Partners on its investments in Stockhabo and Frigologix
  • Deutsche Lufthansa on the stabilization package, alongside FPIM/SFPI (Belgian State) for Brussels Airlines

Professional Honors

  • Fulbright Fellow and Belgian-American Educational Foundation Fellow at Duke University School of Law (1998-1999)
  • Commencement Speaker at the Graduation Ceremony of Duke University School of Law (May 1999)
  • Dominique Maes has been consistently ranked as a leading corporate lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR (International Financial Law review) and other publications
  • Dominique has been nominated Acritas Star Lawyer and is one of the Belgian winners of the Client Choice Awards

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • KULeuven (Jan Ronse Instituut voor Vennootschapsrecht) - Teaching assistant in company law (2003-2010)
  • Department Board for Continued Education of the Brussels Bar - Member (2005-2007)
  • Board of the Flemish Young Bar Association in Brussels (Vlaams Pleitgenootschap) - Member (2003-2005)
  • Duke University School of Law - Research assistant in company law (1998-1999)

Admissions

  • Brussels~Belgium (1999)

Education

  • Duke University School of Law (LL.M.) (1999)
  • Catholic University of Leuven (Law Degree) (1998)

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German