Kasper Theunissen’s practice focuses on corporate and financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and debt financing.

He also regularly advises corporate clients on intellectual property, privacy and data protection matters, often in a transactional context.

Kasper joined the firm in 2019.

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Notable Experience

Selected Corporate and Financial Experience

  • Ahold Delhaize in its accession to Eurelec Trading (a European joint purchasing alliance) alongside the French retailer E. Leclerc and the German retailer REWE.

  • Bekaert in its exit from its steel wire joint venture in Chile and Peru.

  • bpost in the sale of its 50% stake in bpost bank to BNP Paribas Fortis and the re-negotiation of bpost’s long-term partnership with BNP Paribas Fortis.

  • Collibra in its re-domiciliation to the Netherlands via a cross-border merger; its $250 million Series F financing round at a post-money valuation of $5.25 billion and subsequent $10 million top-up investment; its $112.5 million Series E financing round at a post-money valuation of $2.3 billion; a $45 million tender offer for its common shares; and various other corporate and financial law matters. 

  • IQVIA in its acquisition of Smart IT Systems and its acquisition RedPharma.

  • The Carlyle group and other private equity funds in various M&A matters.

  • Showpad in various corporate matters, including the corporate law aspects of their equity incentive plans.

  • Senior managers of the ASK Chemicals group in connection with their management equity plan. 

  • CMA CGM in an offering of €525 million 7.5% senior notes and in an offering of €400 million 5.5% senior notes.

  • Goodyear in the refinancing of its €800 million European revolving credit facilities.

  • Institut Pasteur de Dakar in the development and financing of a large-scale manufacturing facility for the production, in Senegal, of vaccines against COVID-19 and other endemic diseases.

  • Euronext on the regulatory filing with the National Bank of Belgium in connection with its €4.325 billion acquisition of Borsa Italiana from the London Stock Exchange Group.

  • Various sub-Saharan African states (including the Republics of Benin, Ivory Coast and Senegal) in various sovereign debt financings.

  • Axéréal on the financing aspects of its acquisition of the global malt business of Cargill.

  • C-Shift, a subsidiary of Arcelor Mittal Belgium, on an EIB project financing for the construction and operation of an installation converting industrial gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol.

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Selected Intellectual Property and Data Protection Experience

  • AbbVie in its acquisition of Syndesi Therapeutics SA for a total deal value of up to $1 billion and in its option to acquire iStar Medical SA for a total deal value of up to $535 million.

  • Umicore on the IP aspects of the the reorganization of its rechargeable battery materials (RBM) business. 

  • IQVIA in its acquisition of Smart IT Systems and RedPharma.

  • Institut Pasteur de Dakar in the negotiation of its major commercial partnerships for the development of a large-scale manufacturing facility for the production, in Senegal, of vaccines against COVID-19 and other endemic diseases.

  • TPG on the data protection aspects of their $360 million investment in Fractal Analytics, a multinational AI company.

  • Sixth Street on the data protection aspects of their investment in Emplifi, a customer experience platform.

  • Various private equity funds on the IP and data protection aspects of various confidential M&A matters.

  • A leading sovereign wealth fund in a co-investment and royalty financing agreement with a prominent biotech group. 

  • A major U.S. based semiconductor manufacturing company on the IP and data protection aspects of its acquisition of a French software company.

  • A major tire manufacturing company in connection with GDPR compliance advice.

  • Several non-governmental organizations in connection with pro bono advice on GDPR compliance.

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