INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS
FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal AdvisorBELGIUM TOP 10 M&A DEALS
July 2015 - June 2016
DATE DEAL VALUE
USD
(MILLIONS)TARGET
COMPANYDEAL
DOMINANT
INDUSTRYBIDDER BIDDER
ADVISORSSELLER SELLER
ADVISORS29/09/2015 5 000Natural American
Spirit (ex-US
business)Consumer Japan TobaccoLA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; PwC legalReynolds Ame-
ricanFA: Citi; J.P. Morgan; Lazard
LA: Jones Day10/03/2016 1 102 Punch Powertrain
nvAutomotive Yinyi Real Estate FA: Ophoenix Capital Manage-
ment LA: Grandall Law FirmLRM; Capricorn
Cleantech Fund;
New Horizon
Capital; Gimv-XL
FundLA: Stibbe28/09/2015 895 Quick Restaurants LeisureBurger King
FranceFA: Lazard
LA: De Pardieu Brocas Maffei;
OlswangQualium Investis-
sementFA: Goldman Sachs; Rothschild
LA: Weil Gotshal & Manges27/11/2015 633BHF Kleinwort Ben-
son Group (78.43%
stake)Financial
ServicesOddo & CieFA: Societe Generale
LA: Hengeler Mueller; Nau-
taDutilhBHF Kleinwort
Benson GroupFA: goetzpartners
LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; Jones Day19/04/2016 624EDP Renovaveis,
(23 onshore wind
farms in France,
Spain, Belgium and
Portugal) (49%
stake)Energy EFG HermesFA: BNP Paribas
LA: Linklaters; Shearman &
Sterling; StibbeEDP RenovaveisFA: Citi
LA: King & Wood Mallesons;
MLGTS Morais Leitao Galvao
Teles Soares Da Silva & As-
sociados31/05/2016 454Vertellus Specialties
(US and Internatio-
nal assets)Chemicals and
materialsVertellus Special-
ties (Creditors)FA: Moelis & Company
LA: Milbank Tweed Hadley &
McCloyVertellus Spe-
cialtiesFA: Jefferies
LA: DLA Piper17/12/2015 425Galapagos (15%
stake) Biotechnology Gilead SciencesLA: Eubelius; Skadden Arps
Slate Meagher & Flom Galapagos LA:^ Goodwin Procter06/04/2016 325 Allfin Real EstateCompagnie
Immobiliere de
BelgiqueFA: BNP Paribas; KBC
Securities
LA: LinklatersPrivate Investor N/A04/09/2015 312Compagnie Mari-
time Belge (49.2%
stake)Transportation SavercoFA: Belfius Banque; BNP
Paribas; KBC SecuritiesCompagnie
Maritime BelgeFA: ING
LA: Cleary Gottlieb Steen
& Hamilton27/01/2016 271 Keytrade BankFinancial
ServicesCredit Mutuel
ArkeaFA: IFI Partners
LA: Walder Wyss; White &
CaseCrelanFA: Econopolis; Lazard
LA: Allen & Overy