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

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Inspired by Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer

Our Values

Durable

We approach every situation with an eye on the future

Durable

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 D’Hondt

“Bring strength and resilience to companies”

Nicolas van Klinkenberg

Nicolas van Klinkenberg

“Let people and business flourish”

Philippe Fleurier

Philippe Fleurier

“Cash is key to ensure resiliency and to open growth opportunities”

Tali Chafai

Tali Chafai

“Alone you go faster, together you go further

David Dumoulin

David Dumoulin

“Diversity of funding sources ​ as driving force”

Peter Frijns

Peter Frijns

“Seeing the world with a critical eye and solving problems together”

Dennis Dendas

Dennis Dendas

“Chance only favours a prepared mind”

Elisa Renard

Elisa Renard

Helping companies to grow with sustainability in mind

Laurent Carlier

Laurent Carlier

“Delivering sustainable value”

Wim Allegaert

Wim Allegaert

Support for growth

Guillaume-Hadrien Marion

Guillaume-Hadrien Marion

By your side to endorse your vision and foster your business

Antoine Thiry

Antoine Thiry

Providing companies with detailed solutions, while keeping the big picture in mind

Our Services

Capital Advisory

They trust Ernest Partners

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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)

sonaca

‘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

Morton Place (Real Estate)

‘After a thorough analysis of the business, advising the shareholder on financing, preparing the development of the activities’

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

Equilis

Support in finding  €22m in holding level debt with banks and family offices and €5m in senior debt to refinance its subordinated loans’

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

Barré

Buy-out of partner’s shares and acquisition of a competitor to create a group leader of the sector. Support in optimizing the financing structure and securing a complex funding

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 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!

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 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 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  

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...

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

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