Altius moves down a tier this year after the market noted that the firm was a better fit with its peers in the fourth tier. Commentators also felt that it was yet to recover from the loss of Tom Geudens, who left for Laun in 2007 and is now at Lydian....
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Altius moves down a tier this year after the market noted that the firm was a better fit with its peers in the fourth tier. Commentators also felt that it was yet to recover from the loss of Tom Geudens, who left for Laun in 2007 and is now at Lydian.
The firm was nonetheless active this year, advising Barclays Capital, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley on a €5.5 billion credit facility for Ineos' acquisition of a number of the Innovene, olefins and derivatives businesses from BP.
Altius also acted for Dexia Bank on repackaging of the credit rights related to the electricity tariff deficit incurred in Spain during 2007 and the first quarter of 2008.
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Headed by partner Carine van Regenmortel, Altius is steadily expanding its M&A work across the country.
Last year, Altius represented the Belgian company Best, a specialist in the sorting industry, when it exchanged KBC Private Equity as its financial partner for Pentahold....
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Headed by partner Carine van Regenmortel, Altius is steadily expanding its M&A work across the country.
Last year, Altius represented the Belgian company Best, a specialist in the sorting industry, when it exchanged KBC Private Equity as its financial partner for Pentahold.
The firm also acted for Delhaize Group in its acquisition of the supermarket business of Markant-Lux in Luxembourg in December 2008.
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