Expertise
Wim Van Berendoncks - Senior Associate
Wim Van Berendoncks, senior associate, assists a wide range of both local and international clients, ranging from high-growth (technology) companies seeking to accelerate their businesses, to private equity/venture capital funds with a strong focus on the information and technology sector.
Wim has a thorough experience in the set-up and structuring of venture capital and private equity funds, internal fund structures and operations, fund management and fund compliance, and the structuring, negotiating and closing of investments and divestments of portfolio companies. Wim furthermore counsels clients throughout the entire M&A transaction process.
In addition to advising on complex corporate issues and transactions, Wim also focuses on intellectual property, licensing and the drafting and negotiation of technology contracts.
Prior to being senior associate at Cresco, Wim was an associate in the corporate and transactions department of Ambos NBGO (2011-2014) and management trainee at Belgacom (currently Proximus) (2009-2011).
After obtaining his law degree (UA, 2009), Wim obtained a post-academic degree in corporate law (Business School Bruges, 2013).
Highlights
- Fortino Capital ARKIV and Matexi Group in investment in Aproplan
- Formation of pre-seed venture capital fund imec.istart
- Silverfin in Series A Investment led by Index Ventures
- Formation of Fintech Fund SmartFin Ventures
- PMV and SmartFin Capital in strategic Newtec transaction
- Fortino, Endeit and Gimv in investment in Real Impact Analytics
- Perpetual venture capital motion
- Fortino in investment in Insided
- Kraken in acquisition of Coinsetter and strategic funding round
- General Partner in the launch of Fortino Capital
- Fortino in investment in UnifiedPost
- D square in Investment Round led by Fortino and LRM
- Twikit in equity financing by Buysse&Partners
- AR Metallizing senior management in acquisition by Nissha Printing
- neoScores in investment round
- PlayPass in strategic investment by Sandpiper
- Fortino in investment in Teamleader
- Amplidata and shareholders in acquisition by Western Digital
- Cresco leads with EUR 180 million of venture capital fund formations
- Hummingbird fund in Showpad investment
- Amplidata in investment by Western Digital
- Viloc in capital raising rounds and general business matters
- Fortino in investment in TeamLeader
- Key Counsel to Amplidata
- AR Metallizing and shareholders in acquisition by H.I.G. Europe
- Hummingbird Ventures in investment in Hmizate
- Hummingbird Ventures in investment in Showpad
- Projective in acquisition of Prodone and WIK Consulting