Esther Remy
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Esther Remy

Partner

Email

esther.remy@aoshearman.com

Phone

+32 2 780 2526

Offices

Brussels

V-CARD
Esther specialises in cross-border and domestic M&A and private equity transactions.

She advises a broad range of clients, including private equity sponsors, corporates and financial institutions, on both buy-side and sell-side transactions across multiple sectors, including technology, financial services, and manufacturing and chemicals. 

In addition, Esther has extensive experience on carve-outs, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Recticel on its successful defence strategy against the hostile takeover attempt by Greiner AG, which included the sale of its bedding business to the Portuguese group Aquinos and the sale of its engineered foam business to the American Carpenter group.
  • Bencis Capital Partners, Tom Mariën and Frederik Bruyninx (founders of the ECG Group) and other minority shareholders on the auction sale of the Equine Care Group (ECG), a market-leading international provider of interdisciplinary equine care, to Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP), a private investment company, and their subsequent reinvestment in ECG.
  • BNP Paribas Fortis on the divestment of its Belgian back-office activities of its client operations to Accenture, as well as on the subsequent entering into of a services agreement relating to the provision of such back-office activities to BNP Paribas Fortis.
  • Eric Everard (founder and majority shareholder) on the sale of the Easyfairs group to Inflexion and Cobepa and the reinvestment of management in the new venture.
  • CVC Capital Partners, a European private equity fund, on the sale of Corialis, a leading European supplier of aluminum profile systems for windows, doors, sliding elements, roof systems and conservatories with activities in Belgium, France, the UK and Poland, to Astorg.
  • Value Enhancement Partners and Ardent Equity Management on their sale of the Premium Sound Solutions group (PSS Group) to the Hong King listed company, AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.
  • Louis Delhaize on the sale of 57 “Match” and “Smatch” stores to Colruyt, together with a number of related transactions.
  • Andera Partners, a French private equity, on the sale of a majority stake in Infra Group, a Belgian specialist in controlled drilling for water, gas, electricity, sewerage, industrial piping, telecoms and cable television, to ICG.
  • M80 Capital Partners, on the acquisition of the activities of Le Pain Quotidien, a bakery restaurant chain, in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom.
  • Puratos on its USD1.57 billion acquisition of Dawn Foods, a leading US based bakery ingredients group, bringing together two long standing, family owned leaders in professional bakery in a landmark transatlantic transaction.

Pro bono

  • Esther is a member of our D&I committee and leads the social mobility working group within the committee.
  • Esther participates in the TADA (Toekomstatelier/Atelier de l’Avenir) initiatives and acts as a mentor in the Be.Face mentoring programme.

Qualifications

Admissions

Brussels Bar, 2014

Academic

Bachelor, Law (trilingual programme), Université Saint-Louis, 2012

Master, Law, KULeuven, 2014

LL. M., Law, Georgetown University, 2018

Languages

Dutch, English, French
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.