Maxime Cuypers
Lawyers

Associate in our Antitrust & Competition practice, based in Brussels.
Maxime advises on EU and Belgian competition and foreign direct investment law, with a particular focus on merger control reviews and cartel investigations. He has acted for clients across a broad array of sectors such as retail and consumer products, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, chemicals, medical imaging and packaging, as well as digital and technology.
Experience
- Kingspan on a procedural infringement investigation under the EU Merger Regulation
- Morrison Express Worldwide Corporation on its acquisition by SG Holdings
- Novo Nordisk’s on its acquisition of Catalent
- Nuvei’s $6.3 billion going-private acquisition
- One Equity Partners’ acquisition of Ballymore
- One Equity Partners’ majority investment in Comau
- One Equity Partners’ acquisition of EthosEnergy
- PineBridge Investments on its $1.2 billion acquisition by MetLife
- Strategic Value Partners on its acquisition of Wheel Pros following its Chapter 11 emergence
- Wheel Pros emerges from chapter 11
Education
LL.M., University of Cambridge
- first class honours
LL.M., Ghent University
- magna cum laude
LL.B., Ghent University
- magna cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- Brussels A-List