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

Ernest_Henry_Shackleton

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

Our Services

Capital Advisory

They trust Ernest Partners

Besix

besix

‘Together with Besix commercial team we identified a common number of key clients, who they are and what their needs are, set up and rolled out a key account management programme, designing Sales Force requirement’

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’

Inoopa (Data Technology)

‘Advised and implementation support for Inoopa management on funding instruments through the crisis’

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’

Macan Development

Support in finding financing and a completion guarantee for a 130-unit residential project. Long-term collaboration on both senior and junior debt

Ernest Partners | Insights

Tali is joining Ernest Partners

Tali is joining Ernest Partners

This week, Tali Chafai has joined our team as Office Manager! Tali has a long career as Project Manager for the Bank of New York Mellon and bpost. After acquiring organization skills and implementing tools for continuous improvement in both companies, Tali launched...

Welcome Elisa

Welcome Elisa

We welcome Elisa Renard to our team! She has joined Ernest Partners as an Analyst. Recently returned from a 6-month trip to Latin America, Elisa is starting her first professional experience at Ernest Partners. She has a Bachelor degree in Economics and a Master...

Welcome Dennis

Welcome Dennis

We are pleased to announce that Dennis Dendas has joined our team as an Associate. He launched his career at the Investor Relations team of Telenet, a listed Belgian telecommunication player. He provided for the full external financial communication, keeping an open...

Testimonial – Yeti

Testimonial – Yeti

We zijn heel blij om dit successverhaal te kunnen delen! Lees hieronder de testimonial van Yeti zelf! "Covid was uiteraard een moeilijke periode voor onze sector, en de impact op ons familiebedrijf is veel verder gegaan dan de business alleen. Tot en met 2019 hebben...

How do banks assess your company’s risk?

How do banks assess your company’s risk?

In the old days, you could meet with your banker over lunch and agree for the next year's funding. Today, this has become unthinkable. In the context of ongoing digitalization and further de-risking, banks continue to build a system that easily evaluates whether you...

Liquidity and borrowing rates for companies, unseen changes in 2022!

Liquidity and borrowing rates for companies, unseen changes in 2022!

It is now a well-known story that for the last two years, the world has been  financially flooded by easy and very cheap money from the FED (US) and the ECB (Europe). The FED balance sheet has now reached almost one third of the US Federal debt and both the ECB’s and...

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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