Maxime Jacobs

Overview

Maxime joined Linklaters in 2023 as part of the Belgian Corporate and Finance Practice. He specialises in corporate transactional work, with a focus on M&A and Private Equity.

Work Highlights 

• Cobepa: advising on its investment in Itineris, a leading provider of advanced software solutions to energy and water utilities.
• Elia Group: advising on its €2.2bn equity raise (the second largest capital increase ever carried out on Euronext Brussels and the largest since 2009)
• Hg Capital: advising on its investment in Induver and Clover, two independent corporate insurance brokers in Belgium, to create a new insurance broker platform.
• Waterland: advising on its investment in X²O, the leading retailer of bathroom furniture in the Benelux.
• Gimv: advising on its investment in the Spice Factory Group, the market leader in private label dried culinary herbs & spices in the Benelux, from Gilde Equity Management.
• Nayarit Participation: advising Nayarit Participation, the investment vehicle of one branch of the D'Ieteren family, on the acquisition of a controlling stake in D'Ieteren Group through a partial buy-out of the other reference family shareholder, S.P.D.G. SA.

• Macquarie Asset Management and Canadian pension fund British Columbia Investment Management Corporation: advising on their recommended final cash offer for Renewi plc, a European pure-play recycling and waste-to-product company which is dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam.