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Both energy companies and investors are interested in the energy company.

X²O and Waterland join forces with Vendis Capital and entrepreneur Jan Ollevier.

French shoe chain Chaussea wants to buy 62 Belgian Bristol stores.

Main driver of the acquisition is the innovative product Promyc®, a mycoprotein.

The acquisition of DTS is the third Dutch acquisition of Sticomax in a short period of time.

The Dutch producer of, among other things, the Koetjesreep is making a new start.

Immobel has decided not to exercise the purchase option on the Proximus Towers.

One of the most transformative changes in the M&A field is the impact of AI and technology.

Lyvia Group acquires leading Learning Management Solutions (LMS) company.

With this acquisition, ABO-Group strengthens its local roots in West Flanders.

A Swedish-Finnish consortium has expressed interest in restarting chip manufacturer Belgan.

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Romanian competition authority expresses concerns about takeover of Profi by Ahold Delhaize.

This investment will significantly advance their pipeline of novel GPCR-modulating therapies.

Carbon Equity co-founders are optimistic in climate technology's future.

Virya Energy, the energy branch of Colruyt, will build the first Belgian factory for green hydrogen.

The Polish Fintech Vodeno is also part of the deal.

Milcobel wants to focus on the dairy business and plans the sale of icecream business YSCO.

Veritas has faced a setback in its search for a new partner, with acquisition talks collapsing recently.

Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France takes over the Belgian bank Nagelmackers.

The search for investors is likely to target foreign markets, especially the Middle East and the US.

GAB Fashion Agency has acquired 9 prominent Scotch & Soda boutiques in Belgium.

Materialise, a leader in 3D printing software and services, has acquired FEops.

An Interview with Veronique Elskens from Robert Half Executive Search.

WorxInvest has officially launched its fund of funds through its subsidiary WorxInvest Horizon.

Delen Private Bank continues its growth path with the acquisition of Dierickx Leys.

Detergents and disinfectants specialist Christeyns reveals acquisitions in Italy, Australia and Denmark.

Opportunities amidst private equity overallocation and fewer exits

LegalFly’s mission is to set security standard in AI legal services.

UTB Industrial Acquisitions in Brabant has acquired a pulp and paper mill in Lanaken, Belgium.

PIA Group’s unique takeover approach is catching on with accounting firms.

BOMA has already made acquisitions and will acquire many more.

House of Talents, a subsidiary of World of Talents, is pleased to announce the acquisition of eligio.

Royal A-ware Food Group wants to take over the Belgian family business The Dairy Food Group.

Consolidation trend continues in the accountancy sector.

Team.blue welcomes new investment from CPP Investments in a transaction worth 4.8 billion euros.

The Leuven-based company, which almost went under last year, wants to pay 10 million euros.

Value creation in M&A and investing: Insights from Koen Hoffman, CEO of Value Square.

Syensqo acquires controlling stake in Azerys, a natural rosemary extraction business.

Half of the dismissed Van Hool employees in Koningshooikt are back at work.

Vendis Capital takes a majority stake in the PLAYERS group, a player in sports recreation.

Gimv announces a strategic investment in Curana, a developer of high-end bicycle parts.

Investor Main Capital Partners invests in Leuven software company RiskConcile.

Young entrepreneurs are building a new Belgian pharmaceutical empire.

Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen and the Ziekenhuis GasthuisZusters Antwerpen are allowed to merge.

Signpost strengthens European market position with the strategic acquisition of ICONO.

Fortino Capital invests in ProMark, a leading provider for workforce management software.

Sticomax from Staden in West Flanders takes over the Dutch company ViwateQ.

Odin Group acquires IT company 2invision Managed Services from the Belgian Crescent group.

Proximus Group's vision to dominate the global digital communications market.

Happiness forms the basis for the Only community in Belgium.

Royal HaskoningDHV takes over the Dutch-Belgian Uticon.

The French IT group may now go to the Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.

Augustine Therapeutics announces 17 million euros Series A1 financing round.

Dutch SAP service provider Partners in Technology joins Expertum Group.

This round of funding will accelerate TechWolf’s vision to make all work skills-based.

Gimv and Belfius reach an agreement in principle on the sale of the TINC shares of Belfius Insurance.

The series A round, led by Pitchdrive, will be used to scale booking turbo to 10,000 hotels worldwide.

Mergers and acquisitions have long been a critical strategy for businesses aiming to grow, diversify, and achieve synergies. However, the path to a successful merger or acquisition is fraught with challenges, requiring meticulous planning, strong leadership, and effective stakeholder management. At the most recent M&A Forum three industry insiders (Koen Hoffman, Muriel Uytterhaegen and Edwig Tanghe) shared their views on the do’s and don’ts of value creation.

The two companies will join Glowi in a new marketing and communications group.

Hotel Hungaria merges with Bonka Circus. The new name of the combination is Hotel Bonka.

Companies that have a culture that embraces change do have an edge today.

Cash flows provide a true reflection of a company's financial health…

B2B software investor Fortino Capital invests in SIMCON to help engineers achieve better results.

The restart of the Belgian and Dutch stores was not successful.

Donna, AI assistant for sales reps on the go, raises 1.6 Million dollars.

The evolving landscape of financing for mergers and acquisitions.

Penta Infra acquires Nexus sustainable-by-design data center in Brussels.

AvH's investment has a value of approximately 150 million US dollars.

ViwateQ becomes part of Belgian holding company Sticomax.

Investor Berk Partners sells HSU Group to management and to M80.

Pet store chain Tom&Co takes over Pharmapets, the largest online pet pharmacy in Belgium.

There is little evidence that M&A actually works, says professor Killian McCarthy.

Natixis CIB expands its M&A network with investments in two additional boutiques.

SDM takes over BlueBridge and continues as SDM-BlueBridge.

Xerius expands services for the self-employed through the acquisition of OkiOki.

Antwerp energy data specialist Gorilla raises capital in a round led by Headline.

The software provider for RBQM and data quality oversight in clinical trials seeks accelerating growth.

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The Dutch VDL Group has officially taken over the bus division of the bankrupt Van Hool.

2.9 billion in debt will be converted into shares for Onepoint.

Already the fifth deal since Strada Partners came on board at Axi Group.

The bankrupt KV Oostende may get a new start in amateur football thanks to KSV Diksmuide.

The Ghent and London based company Qargo raises 12 million euros in Series A round.

Investment company Down2Earth signs with Limburg-based Accuramed.

Accounting platform Yuki announces the acquisition of Lucy.

The private equity fund buys the Soap and BM Clinics clinics.

Of the 3 trillion dollars, 2 trillion dollars will go to clean energy.

Interest at four percent after a lustrum of interest rate increases.

Ailing French IT group Atos has postponed a decision on its financial rescue.

Ageas in Portugal expands activities into physical medicine and rehabilitation.

What would you do differently if you were at the start of your career once again? What choices would you make? What life lessons would you consider? Intriguing questions, but impossible to answer, without experience. Unless… you can ask peers who already have many miles on their odometer. And that was precisely the idea behind the latest networking event for the Young M&A professionals: "10 things I wish I knew at the beginning of my career."

Summary of the synergies of Proximus' acquisition of Route Mobile.

Thirty percent expect recovery in Q4, forty percent only think in 2025 or later.

The transaction has received the necessary approvals from the banking and competition authorities

The desperately ailing French IT group Atos will decide this week who can take over.

American legal giant LexisNexis announced the planned acquisition of Henchman.