Next Generation Partner in the area of Private Equity, and Corporate M&A (Legal 500, 2025)
Biography
Thomas Glauden is the Executive Partner of the Luxembourg office and a partner in our Global Corporate and Private Equity practice, registered with the Brussels and Luxembourg bars and practicing in both jurisdictions.
He advises on all aspects of general corporate law, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and venture capital transactions. He acts on behalf of private equity funds as well as domestic and international companies, both listed and privately held.
Thomas is recognized by Legal 500 as a "Next Generation Partner" in the area of Private Equity, and corporate M&A (2025), and for his experience handling corporate administration of private equity funds in Belgium and Luxembourg. He is also highly recommended by Leaders League for Private Equity and Corporate M&A (2023) and, at the end of 2022, Thomas was named Private Equity Rising Star for 2022 across the UK and Europe by Law.com
His Luxembourg secondment to the Fund Management team of a global private equity firm in 2019, provided him with invaluable insight from an industry perspective. Previously, in 2018, Thomas was also seconded for six months to our Stockholm office.
Thomas has a law degree from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and studied Private Law at the Universiteit van Amsterdam on an Erasmus scholarship. Thomas also holds an LL.M in International Business and Commercial Law from King's College London (University of London).
Thomas has been a teaching assistant in Corporate Law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles since 2014.
Experience
Advised Norvestor Nova I SCSp, a fund advised by Norvestor Advisory on its agreement to acquire a majority stake in Debtist GmbH, an AI driven, technology enabled receivables management and digital debt collection company. Completion is subject to customary closing conditions.
Advised global fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge) on its strategic minority investment in HQLAX, a leading provider of digital collateral mobility solutions, as part of HQLAX's Series C-1 funding round.
Advised a banking syndicate, led by BNP PARIBAS, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Société Générale as global coordinators and active bookrunners, on HLD's €300 million bond issuance.
Advised PPF Group, as part of a consortium with Advent, A&R and FedEx, on a conditional agreement with Euronext Amsterdam-listed InPost S.A. (InPost) on a recommended all-cash offer for all shares in InPost.
Advised Euronext Paris-listed emeis on the creation of Isemia, a company dedicated to healthcare real estate assets in Europe operated by emeis with its partners Farallon Capital and TwentyTwo Real Estate.^
Advised Triton on the sale of Ramudden Global to I Squared Capital, a leading independent global infrastructure investor.
Advised New Alvogen Group Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Alvogen Pharma US, Inc., on the entry into a definitive agreement to sell the parent company to Lotus Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Advised Euronext Paris-listed emeis on a €761 million investment commitment from Farallon Capital and TwentyTwo Real into its proposed real estate company.
Advised Bain Capital, one of the world's leading private investment firms, on the refinancing of Les Hôtels de Paris (Machefert Group), a French high-end hotels operator listed on Euronext Paris, by way of a subscription to super senior bonds for an amount of approximately €135 million.
Advised Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) on its realignment in commercial real estate finance.
Advised Regnology, a global provider of innovative regulatory, risk and supervisory technology solutions, on the acquisition of Wolters Kluwer's Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) unit.
Advised Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, on its strategic investment in Opella, representing 1.8 percent of the capital in the context of Sanofi's divestiture of its control.
Advised Hg, a leading European specialist private equity investor, and the other shareholders, on TA Associates' strategic investment in smartTrade Technologies alongside smartTrade Technologies CEO and co-founder David Vincent and its management team.
Advised Italian energy infrastructure operator Snam on the €920 million equity value acquisition from Infinity Investments of a 24.99 percent stake in the share capital of Luxembourg-based Vier Gas Holding S.à r.l. (VGH), which indirectly owns the entire share capital in Open Grid Europe (OGE).
Advised the Luxembourg group Hameur on a partnership agreement with Ardian through which Ardian will take a majority stake in Robot Coupe and Magimix, the food processor and cooking accessories brands.
Advised the Groupe BPCE on the acquisition of Société Générale Equipment Finance (SGEF), one of the leading European providers of industrial equipment lease financing, from Société Générale.
Advised Evolem, a family investment holding company on the acquisition of Groupe Alipa's industrial packaging division.
Advsising Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on its (indirect) sale of shares in VTG AG, a leading railcar lessor, to a consortium of Global Infrastructure Partners and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing VTG AG with approximately € 7 billion.
Advised Mehiläinen on its acquisitions of Regina Maria in Romania and MediGroup in Serbia from private equity firm MidEuropa.
Advised Rossini S.à.r.l., controlled by CVC Capital Partners, on the placement of 10,500,000 ordinary shares of Recordati – Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica S.p.A., (Recordati), equal to approximately five percent of the share capital of Recordati, for a total amount of approximately €600 million.
Advised an overseas-based client Atalian, on a notes issuance of senior secured notes due on 2028 for an aggregate amount of circa €836.4 million.
Advised private equity firm Hg on the acquisition by Téthys Invest and GIC of a minority stake in Septeo Group, a leading European software provider, in which Hg is the majority shareholder. The transaction values Septeo at over €3 billion.
Advised of Ramudden Global, a Triton Fund IV portfolio company, on its acquisition of RSG International, a North American provider of infrastructure safety services.
Advised CVC Capital Partners on acquiring a majority interest in Partner in Pet Food Group (PPF). PPF produces pet food in 12 European facilities, supplying over 280 customers in 35+ countries with 2023 revenues of €800 million.
Advised DNEG SARL, a leading VFX service provider, on a USD 200 million investment by UAE's United Al Saqer Group, valuing over 2 billion $.
Representation of ORPEA Group in appeals before the Paris Court of Appeal against the AMF's decision granting an exemption to CDC, CNP Assurances, MAIF, and MACSF from filing a takeover bid. The court confirmed the exemption on November 9, 2023, enabling the group to invest in ORPEA without a takeover bid.
Advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V. on its acquisition of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG from Fosun International Limited, subject to regulatory approvals.
Highly recommended for Private Equity and Corporate M&A in Luxembourg (Leaders League 2023)
Private Equity Rising Star 2022 (Law.com)
Next Generation Partner for Private Equity (Legal 500)
Belgian Chapter of Lexology Getting The Deal Through: Corporate Governance Guide, September 2022 (co-author)
The functioning of the board of directors in limited liability companies, Vanham & Vanham Seminar, 26 February 2015, (Le fonctionnement et les compétences du conseil d'administration de la société anonyme) (co-author)
