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GALERIA Karstadt Kaufhof and The Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) sold INNO SA/NV, a Belgian department store chain, to INNOvative Retail BV, a newly established company jointly owned by Axcent of Scandinavia and SKEL fjárfestingafélag.
Consumer & retail
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Galeria-and-WSF-300x58.jpg)
Sale
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Inno-to-Axcent-and-Skel-300x42.png)
Advisor to the seller
Etex, a global building material manufacturer and pioneer in lightweight construction based in Belgium, acquired SCALAMID, a manufacturer of modern and innovative façade fibre cement boards, from Poznan-based company Pozbruk in a carve-out transaction.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/etex-300x94.png)
Acquisition
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Scalamid-from-Pozbruk-300x43.jpg)
Advisor to the buyer
Belgian Mobile ID, known for the leading Belgian app for digital identification, authentication, and signing Itsme, acquired nextAuth, a KU Leuven/imec spin-off, providing secured end-to-end authentication using strong public key cryptography.
Tech, software & digital
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Itsme-big-300x300.jpg)
Acquisition
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nextAuth-300x82.png)
Advisor to the buyer
Miura Co., a manufacturer of industrial boilers and related equipment, acquired a 20% stake in Jensen-Group, a manufacturer of heavy-duty laundry machinery, via a share placement of 49% stake in Inax Corp., a manufacturer of business-use laundry machines and full subsidiary of Miura Co.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Miura-300x77.png)
Acquisition of a 20% stake
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jensen-Inax-300x54.jpg)
Advisor to the buyer
Tractebel Engineering SA sold GKW Consult GmbH, a top international consultantcy for environmental engineering and donor-financed infrastructure projects, to GFA Holding AG, a leading European consulting firm active in international cooperation.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tractebel-gkw-1-300x210.jpg)
Advisor to the seller
Clairfield successfully advised the shareholders of Isolabel, a Belgium-based franchisee of Belisol, on a shareholder transitioning and partial sale.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Isolabel-300x35.jpg)
Sale
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/management-300x31.jpg)
Advisor to Isolabel
GIM, a Belgian provider of geospatial data engineering, geospatial artificial intelligence and spatial application development, was sold to Merkator, a Belgian developer of easy-to-use geospatial software applications.
Tech, software & digital
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/gim-300x210.png)
Sale
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/merkator-be-300x82.png)
Advisor to the seller
Clairfield Belgium closed the refinancing of Brouwerij Martens’ debt portfolio. This transaction will enable the brewery group to continue its ambitious growth trajectory and execute its long‐term financial strategic plan.
Consumer & retail
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/brouverij-martens.png)
Capital raising
Advisor to Brouwerij Martens
Tilgmann Oy Ab sold Nordic Label Oy, the leading label manufacturer in Finland, to Asteria Group, a Belgian label and packaging producer backed by Waterland Private Equity.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nordic-Label-e1637149839635-300x70.jpg)
Sale
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/asteria-group-300x129.png)
Advisor to the seller
Clairfield International is pleased to have acted as exclusive advisor to listed company Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) on the sale of the Belgian Precision Tubing Lichtervelde to the German Aurelius Group.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hydro-precision-tubing-300x124.png)
Sale
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/aurelius-300x128.png)
Advisor to the seller
Blanchon Group, a French wood coatings specialist, accelerated its international expansion with the acquisition of Debal Finance (known by the brand name Ciranova).
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Blanchon-Groupe-s-300x79.jpg)
Acquisition
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ciranova-300x139.jpg)
Advisor to the buyer
Clairfield Belgium successfully advised Belgian Mobile ID – itsme®, on a fundraising round of EUR 24.7 million to accelerate its international growth trajectory.
Tech, software & digital
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Itsme-big-300x300.jpg)
Capital advisory
Advisor to itsme
Clairfield Belgium provided debt advisory services to the shareholders Brewery Martens. Brouwerij Martens was founded in 1758 and is the second largest brewery in Belgium engaged in the development, production, distribution and sale of private label beer as well as their own beer brands.
Consumer & retail
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/brouverij-martens-1.png)
Debt refinancing
Advisor to Brouwerij Martens
Clairfield International successfully supported Inclusio as financial advisor and fairness opinion provider in its IPO preparation process.
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/inclusio-300x300.png)
Support in IPO
Advisor to Inclusio
Gas Applications & Services, a gas detection specialist, was sold to Alertis, the market leader in the Belgian fire safety and security market.
Industrials
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gas-app-300x47.jpg)
Sale
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/alertis-300x123.png)
Advisor to the seller
Clairfield Benelux acted as financial advisor to Vivalto Home Belgium in the issuance of EUR 101 million in debt securities.
Healthcare
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/BE-vivalto.jpg)
Refinanced credit facilities through
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/rivage-300x67.png)
Advisor to Vivalto
The Belgian Federal Public Service Finance (Belgian Treasury Department) awarded a four-year coinage contract to the Royal Dutch Mint.
Financial Institutions
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/federal-public-service-e1526548375742-300x98.jpg)
Coinage contract
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/KNM-1-300x87.png)
Ajinomoto Co, a global manufacturer of seasonings, processed foods, beverages, amino acids, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals, through its Belgian subsidiary Ajinomoto OmniChem N.V., acquired a majority stake in Agro2Agri S.L. , a Spanish agrochemical consortium specialized in the production of bio stimulants.
Consumer & retail
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ajinomoto-logo-1-300x44.png)
Acquisition
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Agro2Agri.png)
Advisor to the buyer
Solving Efeso International, a consultancy firm, acquired Empact, a Brussels-based consultancy firm. Solving Efeso is a global leader in corporate strategy and operational performance improvement. It employs more than 450 consultants in 26 countries.
Business services
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/solving-Efeso-300x50.jpg)
Acquisition
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/empact.jpg)
Advisor to the buy side
Clairfield Benelux provided debt advisory services to the shareholders of Brouwerij Martens. Brouwerij Martens was founded in 1758 and is the second largest brewery in Belgium engaged in the development, production, distribution and sale of private label beer as well as their own beer brands.
Consumer & retail
![](https://www.clairfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/brouverij-martens-1.png)
Acquisition finance
Advisor to Brouwerij Martens