Real estate development
Bellevue
Capital Advisory
Ernest Partners served as financial advisor to Immobilière Belle-Vue de l’Abbaye, structuring the financing and the pitch for the project and securing the funding.
2024
Advanced steel components
Vlassenroot
Working capital financing
Optimizing the client’s working capital structure resulting in an increase of €6 in available financing facilities.
2023
Optimizing the client’s working capital structure resulting in an increase of €6 in available financing facilities.
2023
Leisure
Yeti Eeklo
Structuring and financier management
Structuring the company’s finances and managing its banks. Helping Yeti to maintain its credit lines after a difficult Covid period
2023
Structuring the company’s finances and managing its banks. Helping Yeti to maintain its credit lines after a difficult Covid period
2023
Recyclables trading
Gemini
CapEx and working capital financing
Securing additional bank relationships in trade finance in Belgium. Support in finding €5m Belgian-based CapEx financing and €15m working capital financing for recycling plant projects in India
2023
Securing additional bank relationships in trade finance in Belgium. Support in finding €5m Belgian-based CapEx financing and €15m working capital financing for recycling plant projects in India
2023
Biotech manufacturing
Barré
Acquisition finance, buy-out and refinancing
Buy-out of partner’s shares and acquisition of a competitor to create a group leader of the sector. Support in optimizing the financing structure and securing a complex funding notably including equity and €5m+ senior debt
2023
Buy-out of partner’s shares and acquisition of a competitor to create a group leader of the sector. Support in optimizing the financing structure and securing a complex funding notably including equity and €5m+ senior debt
2023
Equipment renting company
Microlease
Capital advisory
Building a detailed financial model and raising €3,1m of senior and subordinated debt to support the company in reaching its ambitious growth plans
2023
Building a detailed financial model and raising €3,1m of senior and subordinated debt to support the company in reaching its ambitious growth plans
2023
Real Estate Asset Management
Leoville
Capital advisory
Support in finding €22m in holding level debt with banks and family offices and €5m in senior debt to refinance its subordinated loan
2023
Support in finding €22m in holding level debt with banks and family offices and €5m in senior debt to refinance its subordinated loan
2023
Real estate development
JP Seven
Capital advisory
Support in finding €3m bank financing for the development of a secondary-residence ecological real-estate project in Les Ardennes, Wallonia
2023
Support in finding €3m bank financing for the development of a secondary-residence ecological real-estate project in Les Ardennes, Wallonia
2023
Real estate development
Equilis
Equity search
Finding > €50m of equity on the market for an international real estate developer backed by a major Belgian and French sponsor
2023
Finding > €50m of equity on the market for an international real estate developer backed by a major Belgian and French sponsor
2023
Building material distributor
De Doncker
Valuation
Performing a valuation of the company using several valuation methods resulting in the company being sold for a higher selling price
2023
Performing a valuation of the company using several valuation methods resulting in the company being sold for a higher selling price
2023
General industry
Sonaca Industries
Credit amendment, waiver consent and facility increase
Supported the CFO and finance team in the negotiation with their banks of the amendment of the existing €175m facilities and extension of a new €50m facility
2023
Supported the CFO and finance team in the negotiation with their banks of the amendment of the existing €175m facilities and extension of a new €50m facility
2023
Transportation
LM
Fairness opinion
Fairness opinion on the financial terms of a legal dispute in an occupation agreement between two parties
2023
Fairness opinion on the financial terms of a legal dispute in an occupation agreement between two parties
2023
Real estate development
Macan Development
Funding advisory
Support in finding financing and a completion guarantee for a 130-unit residential project. Long-term collaboration on both senior and junior debt
2023
Support in finding financing and a completion guarantee for a 130-unit residential project. Long-term collaboration on both senior and junior debt
2023
Co-living
Morton Place
Capital advisory
After a thorough analysis of the business, advising the shareholder of the company on a bank refinancing, preparing the development of the activity
2023
After a thorough analysis of the business, advising the shareholder of the company on a bank refinancing, preparing the development of the activity
2023
Multinational retail clothing
Euro Shoe Group
Capital and €48m funding advisory
Advising the shareholder and management of the company on a new capital structure and funding of an ambitious plan during the crisis, through a mix of institutional loan, shareholders loan and bank financing
2023
Advising the shareholder and management of the company on a new capital structure and funding of an ambitious plan during the crisis, through a mix of institutional loan, shareholders loan and bank financing
2023
Wholesale Distribution
Connect+
Capital and funding advisory
Assistance to the minority shareholder of a large company on new and integral €50m bank funding of the company, as well as stakeholder management
2023
Assistance to the minority shareholder of a large company on new and integral €50m bank funding of the company, as well as stakeholder management
2023
General industry
Sonaca Industries
Renewal of club deal facility
Advising and supporting CFO and finance team in the structuring and negotiation of a club deal facility (€300m) renewing the existing credit lines
2023
Advising and supporting CFO and finance team in the structuring and negotiation of a club deal facility (€300m) renewing the existing credit lines
2023
