Carlo Meert Bio

Carlo Meert is the Brussels office Executive Partner and a partner in the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Carlo advises private equity firms and corporates on cross-border transactions, mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance transactions, as well as advising on general corporate matters. He handles major strategic deals in a variety of industries including (renewable) energy, industrial and financial institutions. Over the past years, Carlo has led several landmark cross-border transactions. He is actively leading relationships with several top-tier sponsors at both the European and global levels. Notably, he advised Cobepa on Easyfairs and on Smart SD, General Mills on Edgar & Cooper, BPCE on the acquisition of Bank Nagelmackers, Groupe UP on the acquisition of Offr, EQT on the sale of Karo Pharma, and facilitated Summit Partners' exit from CluePoints. Additionally, Carlo handles significant corporate governance matters. Clients describe him as "technically world class and as responsive as it can get", "meticulous in his attention to detail, while maintaining a constructive, solution-oriented approach".