Smile Invest’s bets are paying off as the Benelux private equity firm celebrates realising its first seven investments.

KooKoo co-founder Margot Desseyn fell in love with dealmaking because of the people; now she brings them together to discuss the strategies behind making these deals a success, and will join the M&A Community Belgium on 24 September 2026 in Antwerp to do it again.

During a recent M&A Community Belgium event, Syntagma Capital advisory board member and VIU founder Rudi Nerinckx revealed the top priorities on a carve-out HR agenda; from competency audits and TSAs to value creation plans.

Tailormade Logistics has completed a full management transition, with co-CEOs Kelly De Dijcker and Pieter Balcaen acquiring the remaining 25 percent stake from founder Bert Vandecaveye.

Dutch private equity firm, IceLake Capital, has acquired a majority stake in DKM Customs, a leading customs formalities specialist in Belgium.

Belgian specialist life sciences investment firm, Droia Ventures, is participating in a massive $152 million Series B funding round for Swiss-US biopharma company Vaderis Therapeutics.

Tailored W&I structures and synthetic warranties are changing the M&A landscape for Belgian entrepreneurs selling to private equity-backed consolidators, helping founders achieve a clean exit while maintaining deal certainty and transaction momentum.

M&A Community Belgium league tables reveal the PE firms topping Dealmakerdata.be this quarter and changing the ‘why’ behind dealmaking.

Co-founder Jorrit Willaert shares a preview of the Jurimesh W&I insurance guide and why it’s important for Belgian dealmakers.

Kjell Mortier has been appointed as an investment manager at PMV Life Sciences & Care.

Starting at the end of September, Jonah Israel will join KPMG Deal Advisory in Belgium as an M&A intern.

EY-Parthenon has appointed Leon Cheung as a senior consultant in data and AI for strategy and M&A.