ASTREA ADVISED ON BELGIAN LAW ASPECTS OF UNITANK SALE TO DIF AND ASI

Astrea partners Dieter Veestraeten and Steven De Schrijver have advised the sellers on the Belgian law aspects of a transaction involving the signing of an agreement on the sale of 100% of the shares in UNITANK to DIF’s Core Infrastructure Fund I and Aberdeen Standard Investments’ SL Capital Infrastructure II SCSp.

Assistance with respect to the refinancing of the real estate portfolio of Group Bernaerts

Dieter Veestraeten and his team assisted Group Bernaerts, a family owned real estate group based in Antwerp, with respect to the refinancing of its real estate portfolio in Antwerp, Mechelen and Willebroek. The portfolio consists of office buildings, semi industrial buildings and logistic warehouses.

Berry Westhoff, CFO of Group Bernaerts: “We have a longstanding strong and fruitful relationship with Astrea. Dieter Veestraeten is a solid counsel with an indepth knowledge of the financial industry and real estate market. We can always count on Dieter. He is a very responsive, pro-active advisor with an extreme dedication to the job and to us as his client. ”

Astrea advised on belgian law aspects of Unitank sale to DIF and ASI

Astrea partners Dieter Veestraeten and Steven De Schrijver have advised on the Belgian law aspects of a transaction involving the signing of an agreement on the sale of 100% of the shares in UNITANK to DIF’s Core Infrastructure Fund I and Aberdeen Standard Investments’ SL Capital Infrastructure II SCSp.

You can read the full article on this transaction here.

Dieter Veestraeten contributed the belgian chapter to the Legal 500: Lending & Secured Finance Country Comparative Guide

Astrea Banking & Finance Partner Dieter Veestraeten has contributed the Belgian Chapter to The Legal 500: Lending & Secured Finance Country Comparative Guide (2nd Edition).

The Legal 500’s Country Comparative Guides give a practical overview of the laws and regulations across a variety of jurisdictions, for specific practice areas.

The Lending & Secured Finance Country Comparative Guide provides information about foreign lenders, interest, security registration requirements, guarantees and tax incentives.

Each country chapter is written by leading lending and secured finance lawyers and industry specialists in an easy to use Q&A format.

Use the following link to read the complete chapter written by Dieter Veestraeten online: https://www.legal500.com/guides/chapter/belgium-lending-secured-finance/ or download a PDF version of the chapter here: Lending & Secured Finance Country Comparative Guide – Belgian chapter.

Dieter Veestraeten contributed the belgian chapter to the International Comparative Legal Guide to Lending & Secured Finance 2020

Astrea Banking & Finance Partner Dieter Veestraeten has contributed the Belgian Chapter 30 of the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) to Lending & Secured Finance 2020 (8th edition).

The ICLG to Lending & Secured Finance covers common issues in lending and secured finance laws and regulations – including guarantees, collateral security, financial assistance, syndicated lending/ agency/trustee/transfers. The Country Question and Answer Chapters give a broad overview of common issues in the laws and regulations of this practice area in 40 jurisdictions.

All chapters are written by leading lending and secured finance lawyers and industry specialists.

Use the following link to read the complete chapter written by Dieter Veestraeten online: https://iclg.com/practice-areas/lending-and-secured-finance-laws-and-regulations/belgium or download a PDF version of the chapter here: ICLG to Lending & Secured Finance 2020.