Kasper Theunissen’s practice focuses on M&A, corporate transactions, and debt financing.

Kasper advises clients on complex mergers and acquisitions (both domestically and cross-border) and other corporate transactions, including capital raises and corporate reorganizations.

He also has a broad cross-border debt finance practice, covering acquisition finance, project finance, corporate finance, and sovereign debt.

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

Kasper joined the firm in 2019. In 2026, he was seconded to the firm’s London office.

 

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Notable Experience

Selected Corporate / M&A Experience

  • Showpad in its sale to Vector Capital and in various other corporate matters (including the corporate law aspects of its equity incentive plans).

  • Bekaert in its exit from its steel wire joint venture in Chile and Peru and the sale of its steel wire businesses in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

  • Vandemoortele on the acquisition of the European margarines and spreads activities from Bunge, a global agribusiness and food company headquartered in the U.S.

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

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

  • Collibra in its redomiciliation 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 in its acquisition of RedPharma.

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

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

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Selected Financial Experience

  • EG On The Move in connection with the financing aspects of (i) its acquisition of EG Group’s portfolio of c. 260 forecourt sites in France and (ii) its acquisition of the 85 PRAX commission operator forecourt network across the UK.

  • PAI Partners on the financing of its acquisition of a majority stake in Mecaer Aviation Group in partnership with Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR.

  • Port Autonome de Cotonou in a dual tranche project financing arranged by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

  • ArcelorMittal on an EIB project financing for the construction and operation of an installation converting industrial gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

  • Vandemoortele on the acquisition of the European margarines and spreads activities from Bunge, a global agribusiness and food company headquartered in the U.S.

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

  • 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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