Some of the transactions / clients Maarten is or has been involved in since the inception of Ajes Advisory, include:
- advisor to the LIVEKINDLY Collective on the acquisition of the Dutch Weed Burger
- advisor to Royal De Heus on the acquisition of ACP Nutriçao Animal Ltda, based in Goiania, Brazil
- acting as Corporate M&A Director a.i. for Bosal
- advising NederlandsMerkgoed on the acquisition of Nomad
- advising Royal Imtech in evaluating strategic options
- advising Royal de Heus and the EW Group on the acquisition of Plukon Food Group
- advising a UK listed company looking to acquire Hulshof (in bankruptcy)
- Investor looking to acquire a 50% stake in an Italian holiday home rental company
- Financing opportunities (developing a model) for a start-up of a crematorium
- Consortium of investors acquiring a horeca / real estate business
- Acquisition of a tidal energy division on behalf of management
- Dispute between shareholders in a financial services business
- Finding equity investors for Dutch and US real estate opportunities
Prior to founding Ajes Advisory, Maarten has been involved in more than 50 transactions totaling a combined transaction value over Euro 100bn. Some transactions include:
- advising Cloetta on the sale of its Belgian distribution business to Katjes International
- advising Vandemoortele on the acquisition of the margarine and fats activities of Van Dijk Food Products
- advising Greencore on the sale of its Dutch chilled convenience business to Parcom
- advising Egeria on the sale of Ad van Geloven to Lion Capital
- advising Gilde and AAC Capital on the sale of Drie Mollen to Capvest
- advising CSM on the sale of its sugar operations to Cosun
- advising Numico on the acquisition of EAC Nutrition (Dumex)
- advising Leaf on the sale of their Polish confectionery operations
- advising IAWS (now Aryzta) on the acquisition of Group Hubert in France
- advising CSM on the sale of their sugar confectionery business to CVC and Nordic Capital
- advising Nutreco on the fish farming JV with Stolt Nielsen (Marine Harvest)
- advising CSM on the sale of Dreidoppel to Ireks
- advising Radeberger on the acquisition of Brau und Brunnen
- advising 3i in the acquisition of Refresco
- advising Brauergilde Hannover in the sale to Interbrew
- advising CSM in the acquisition of Unilever’s European bakery business
- advising Numico on its public offer for General Nutrition (GNC)
- advising Van Melle on its public offer for Klene
- advising Gist Brocades in the sale of Cosmoferm to Goldschmidt
- advising Gist Brocades on the sale to DSM
- advising Autogrill on the acquisition of AC Restaurants
- advising Nutreco on the acquisition of UT-Delfia
- advising Van Dijk Delft on the valuation of the company. Eventually the company was sold to the Greenery
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