Associate
Lorenz A. Taets
Corporate & Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions
Overview
Lorenz Taets advises market-leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as public and private companies, insurance companies and investors across multiple industries on complex domestic and international transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, reinsurance transactions, sales and divestitures, minority investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate matters. He has also helped numerous pro bono clients. Before joining Mayer Brown, Lorenz worked at the Brussels office of another prominent international law firm.
Experience
Represented:
- Profire Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFIE) on its $125 million all-cash sale to CECO Environmental Corp. (NASDAQ: CECO) through a two-step merger.
- Advised Mitsubishi Corporation on an agreement to acquire a 30% interest in the US Copper World copper mine project owned by Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSX, NYSE: HBM) for total consideration of $600 million.
- NeoXam, a portfolio company of Eurazeo and a global leader in data management, data performance, data reporting, portfolio management and investment accounting software, in its acquisition of EZOPS, a leading provider of AI-enabled data control, workflow automation, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting solutions.
- A leading manufacturer of industrial and municipal wastewater treatment solutions in its reorganization, recapitalization and subsequent sale of a controlling interest in the company to a private equity firm.
Education
- New York University School of Law, LLM
- KU Leuven, LLM
- University of Antwerp, JD, cum laude
- University of Antwerp, LLB, cum laude
Admissions
- Brussels, Belgium
- New York
- District of Columbia