Ernest Partners
Your partner in capital advisory
“We are a trust bridge between your company and your stakeholders”
Our Purpose
We bridge people, companies and ideas
Our Business
We stand by your side being a bridge between your company and your stakeholders
Our Name
Inspired by Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer
Our Values
Durable
We approach every situation with an eye on the future
We challenge ourselves to reach solutions that will reach selected objectives and last through time
Collaborative
We encourage and trust each others’ contributions
We make success by fostering cooperation and valuing opinions & ideas
Adaptative
Every situation is unique
We leverage past experience to develop innovative solutions, adapted to specific needs
Our Team
“Each member has sat on both sides of the table”
Sebastien D’Hondt
sebastien.dhondt@ernestpartners.eu
+32 477 30 16 17
“Bring strength and resilience to companies”
Nicolas van Klinkenberg
nicolas.van.klinkenberg@ernestpartners.eu
+32 473 96 00 18
“Let people and business flourish”
Philippe Fleurier
philippe.fleurier@ernestpartners.eu
+32 497 49 39 86
“Cash is key to ensure resiliency and to open growth opportunities”
Tali Chafai
+32 476 59 57 58
“Alone you go faster, together you go further”
David Dumoulin
david.dumoulin@ernestpartners.eu
+32 476 96 21 27
“Diversity of funding sources as driving force”
Peter Frijns
peter.frijns@ernestpartners.eu
+31 651 81 53 03
“Seeing the world with a critical eye and solving problems together”
Dennis Dendas
dennis.dendas@ernestpartners.eu
+32 491 48 58 05
“Chance only favours a prepared mind”
Elisa Renard
elisa.renard@ernestpartners.eu
+32 471 33 92 73
“Helping companies to grow with sustainability in mind”
Laurent Carlier
laurent.carlier@ernestpartners.eu
+32 476 22 40 41
“Delivering sustainable value”
Wim Allegaert
wim.allegaert@ernestpartners.eu
+32 474 97 74 33
“Support for growth”
Guillaume-Hadrien Marion
guillaume-hadrien.marion@ernestpartners.eu
+32 499 50 75 75
“By your side to endorse your vision and foster your business”
Antoine Thiry
antoine.thiry@ernestpartners.eu
+32 472 55 32 30
“Providing companies with detailed solutions, while keeping the big picture in mind”
Our Services
Capital Advisory
They trust Ernest Partners
Connect
‘Assistance to the minority shareholder of a large company on new and integral €50m bank funding of the company, as well as stakeholder management’
Sonaca (Industries)
‘Supported Sonaca CFO and finance team in the negotiation with their banks of the amendment of the existing facilities and extension of a new 50 m facility, benefitting from Covid-19 Belgian State Guarantee scheme’
Euro Shoe Group
‘Advising the Euro Shoe Group on a new capital structure and funding of an ambitious plan, through a mix of institutional loan, shareholders loan and bank financing’
Microlease
‘Raising senior and subordinated debt to support this equipment renting company in reaching its ambitious growth plans‘
Levorato Marcevaggi
‘Fairness opinion on the financial terms of a legal dispute in an occupation agreement between two parties.‘
De Doncker
‘Fairness opinion on the financial terms of a legal dispute in an occupation agreement between two parties‘
JP Seven
‘Support in finding €3m bank financing for the development of a secondary-residence ecological real-estate project in Les Ardennes, Wallonia. ‘
Yeti Eeklo
‘Structuring the company’s finances and managing its banks. Helping Yeti to maintain its credit lines after a difficult Covid period‘
Leoville
‘Support in finding €22m in holding level debt with banks and family offices and €5m in senior debt to refinance its subordinated loan‘
Vlassenroot
‘Optimizing the client’s working capital structure resulting in an increase of €6 in available financing facilities‘
Gemini
‘Securing additional bank relationships in trade finance in Belgium. Support in finding €5m Belgian-based CapEx financing and €15m working capital financing for recycling plant projects in India‘
Ernest Partners | Insights
Wim Allegaert has joined us as an Associate Partner!
Wim Allegaert has a demonstrated history of working in the international financial services industry (bank, insurance, asset management) as well as a track record of Board positions. His skill and expertise is in Financial Management, Communication, Strategy...
Ernest Partners welcomes a new analyst: Antoine Thiry!
We are pleased to announce that Antoine Thiry has joined our team as an analyst. Antoine started his career at Deloitte as an intern in the M&A and Finance department. He then completed a second internship at Merodis, a Belgian M&A boutique. During these two...
Ernest Partners and Vlassenroot
💥 Ernest Partners is happy to announce that we successfully assisted Vlassenroot Group in extending its working capital finance. Vlassenroot Group reached out to Ernest Partners specialists to optimize and extend their use of working capital in the...
Ernest Partners and Barré
👏 Ernest Partners is very happy to announce the successful completion of a strategic funding for the development of BioScientific Group. 📍 BioScientific Group, through its company Barré SA is a renowned specialist in Clean Piping, Air Processing & HVAC and...
A few thoughts on the Future of banking
During the last weeks, various bank failures created stress in the markets that reminded many of us of the financial crisis of 2008. Those recent incidents certainly have different causes : the very rapid increase of interest rates decided by Central banks to fight...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse in the US, repercussions in the European market?
An overview - by Dennis Dendas What happened? With a size relative to Belfius Bank in Belgium and clients being primarily start-and scale-ups from the tech and biotech sector, the Silicon Valley Bank does not come across as causing a potential systemic risk to the...
Job Offers
To help additional companies we are looking to increase and diversify our team. Do you feel like joining the adventure?
Send us your CV and cover letter at nicolas.van.klinkenberg@ernestpartners.eu