On Thursday 25 November, the winners of the M&A Awards Belgium 2021 were announced at a gala event. The M&A Awards is a landmark event for Belgium's leaders in M&A and proves that there is great value in a platform for Belgian M&A professionals. The period under review was for deals announced between 1 October 2020 and 30 September 2021 - a full twelve months of activity. The panel of judges reviewed 59 extensive pitches and nominated fifteen finalists in five categories. The judges determined the five Award winners by scoring each deal on the key aspects rationality, entrepreneurship, complexity, vision, timing, process and the impact on the company itself, the stakeholders and society.
Van Olmen & Wynant is proud to announce that its corporate department was involved in two of the winning deals, including:
Winner Best Mid Cap Corporate Deal 2021: Destiny Group – Telepo Holding AB, Soluno BC Holding AB and ipvision A/S Destiny Group acquired three Scandinavian players in a very short period of time. With this complex series of transactions, the B2B cloud communication solutions provider gains access to the Scandinavian market and accelerates its international development in a fast-growing market. Backed by Apax Partners, Destiny Group has been growing rapidly. These three strategic acquisitions instantly launch Destiny to the top position in the European UCaaS market, thereby doubling in revenue.
Find out more about these deals and about the winners of the other categories of the M&A Awards here.