Since July 1, 2023, Belgium has implemented a foreign direct investment (FDI) screening system. The aim of the FDI screening is to detect and mitigate potential risks to national security, public order, and strategic interests, particularly in sensitive sectors like critical infrastructure, technology, and raw materials. The FDI screening...
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Sébastien POPIJN
Practice areas
Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate lawSectors
Aviation, Industries, services, start-ups, Transport, Leisure, Energy
Sébastien POPIJN is head of the BELGIAN office’s "Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law" Department.
His expertise covers the following areas :
- mergers & acquisitions : advising national and international clients in the fields of national or cross-border sales, acquisitions and restructurings (mergers, demergers, partial asset transfers, etc.) ;
- corporate law : restructuring (included cross-border restructuring), advising on corporate structure, setting-up companies, capital increases or decreases, dividend distribution, shareholders’ rights, conflict of interests, shareholders disputes, liability, corporate litigation
- business contracts/litigation : distribution, sales agents, subcontracting, manufacturing agreements, T&Cs, letters of intent, NDAs, GTCC, franchising, business litigation.
- aviation law : advising airline carriers on customer relationships, EU261/Montreal claims, noise proceedings, commercial contract, etc.
Sebastien is also the Executive Director of TRANS-EUROPEAN LAW FIRM ALLIANCE (TELFA).
He works both in French and in English.
News
- 2024-10-15
- Amaury DUMAS-MARZE, Sébastien POPIJN Alisan CAVDARLI, Charles PRICE,
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law, Distressed companies - Restructuring
DELSOL Avocats advised ABC Companies, a leader in motorcoach and transit equipment sales and service in USA and Canada which was the exclusive distributor of the motor coaches produced by the Belgian Company Van HooL, in the context of Van Hool’s bankruptcy. Our team assisted ABC Companies, throughout a complex and particularly urgent process,...
Read- 2024-06-17
- Sébastien POPIJN, David LOHISSE, Alisan CAVDARLI, Charles PRICE,
- Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate law, Employment law - Social welfare law
The Solventis group is a glycol and solvent supplier operating from Antwerp, in Belgium and the United Kingdom. With more than 17,500 employees within 600 sites located in 72 countries, Brenntag is the world leader in the distribution of chemicals and ingredients. The merger will result in the strengthening of Brenntag’s global sourcing...
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