QUORUM continues its rapid expansion, with its corporate and M&A practice being reinforced by Maarten Van Staeyen as partner and Nicola Motmans as associate. With additional hires scheduled in short term, this important milestone allows QUORUM, founded by existing partners Davy Gorselé and Gregory Goossens, to become an established legal boutique, geared to further grow together with its clients.
Graduated as Master of Laws in 2005 (University of Antwerp) and as Master of Corporate Laws in 2006 (UGent), Maarten Van Staeyen was part of Stibbe’s Mergers & Acquisitions team (Brussels and Hamburg) for over 9 years culminating in his appointment as ‘Counsel’ and ‘Head of Corporate Services’ at Stibbe Brussels.
Maarten brings a vast amount of experience and expertise in the fields of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, (semi-) public enterprises, public private partnership, restructuring and shareholder litigation. He also has extensive experience in real estate transactions.
Gregory Goossens, Partner in charge of the Tax department, commented as follows: "Maarten’s appointment is proof of QUORUM’s commitment to provide best-in-market know-how. Given his extensive expertise, both local and international, also great synergies with our tax department are to be expected from this new partnership."
"The continued expansion of our practice confirms the success of our business model. Through these new hires we scale up our team of specialized professionals to meet increasing demand for personal, pro- fessional and specialized services, in a pragmatic way, at affordable fees", said Davy Gorselé, the other founding partner of the firm.
Maarten Van Staeyen summarized the reasons for his choice as follows: "Having worked as an attorney with a leading Brussels law firm for almost 10 years, I was looking forward to join a young, dynamic and professional law firm to realise my vision on how a ‘next-generation’ law practice should look like; being lean & flexible whilst still retaining the highest standards in corporate advisory."
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