Nicole Van Ranst joins Agio Legal
Today, Agio Legal and Newton Law announce that they will join forces from now on. Nicole Van Ranst, together with her colleagues Amber Meiresonne and Alessandra Oliver, will reinforce the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Agio Legal. After earlier mergers with Ligé and Tilleman Van Hoogenbemt, and with the arrival of Steven De Schrijver and his team, Agio Legal continues to build on its entrepreneurial growth trajectory.
Nicole Van Ranst (59) started her career at the Brussels bar in 1985 at Lafili & Van Crombrugghe. In 1995 she co-founded Marx Van Ranst Vermeersch & Partners. In recent years she has been active as a Managing Partner at Newton Law. Van Ranst specializes in mergers and acquisitions, both home and abroad. She has built up a solid reputation in sectors such as sports, advertising & entertainment, technology. But also logistics and retail real estate, transport, food and other sectors. She often works with renowned foreign law, auditor and accountancy firms.
In addition, Van Ranst advises both multinational companies and SMEs and sits on various boards of directors and advisors. She followed courses at INSEAD (Fontaineblau and Singapore) and Antwerp Management School. She is a licensed advisor to family businesses and a Guberna certified director. As an Officer of the International Bar Association (IBA), she has organized top seminars on the latest developments in M&A and transition and exits in family businesses in Miami, Paris and Amsterdam. She was also President of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and President of the Bureau of Legal Aid at the Brussels Bar.
Together with Van Ranst, her colleagues from Newton Law, Amber Meiresonne and Alessandra Oliver, also join the Agio Legal team.
“With this new step, we will be able to serve our clients even better, both at home and abroad,” says Nicole Van Ranst. “Thanks to this integration, we can now offer them an even more complete range of integrated legal expertise. We can also add extra value to our clients through the multidisciplinary services via the business partners Agio Capital and Agio Finance.”
“Nicole Van Ranst is one of the leading experts in mergers and acquisitions in the Low Countries. Over the past 35 years, she has successfully completed numerous challenging transactions. With her extensive know-how and experience and her impressive international network, she is a valuable asset to the Agio Legal team”, says Philippe Van den Broecke, founding partner of Agio Legal. “Together with Steven De Schrijver, Nicole will further develop our Mergers & Acquisitions department into an even more powerful and decisive team as a partner. Nicole is a committed lawyer and her unique knowledge and experience are appreciated in her own country and far beyond. We warmly welcome Nicole and her team to the ever-growing Agio family.
