De Muynck, Thomas

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French
• German

Lawyer Overview

Thomas De Muynck has more than 10 years experience advising Belgian and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, private equity transactions, and corporate governance issues.

Recently, he has advised Toyota Motor GmbH on its withdrawal from the Formula One Championships, BNP Paribas Personal Finance on the restructuring of its Belgian activities, RHJI and its Belgian subsidiary on the debt restructuring of the Honsel Group, Toyota Motor Corporation on its exit from a manufacturing joint venture with Renault and Mitsui, a Belgian metals company on one of the first significant restructurings under the 2009 law on judicial reorganizations, Goodman Property on the refinancing of its Belgian real estate portfolio, and Bridgestone Corporation on a number of acquisition projects.

Thomas was based in the Firm's New York Office for one year and in 1999 and 2000, he was also a foreign lawyer in the legal division of Toyota Motor Company in Tokyo and Toyota City. As a result of his time at Toyota, he has developed a strong background representing Japanese multinationals, including Bridgestone Corporation, Konica-Minolta, Mitsui Chemicals, Pioneer, Sumitomo Bakelite, Toyoda Gosei, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Zeon Corporation in M&A transactions and commercial matters throughout Europe.

Other representative clients include Base, Danone, De Neef Chemie, Inofer, Lubrizol, MasterCard, NACCO Industries, PepsiCo, Telene, Textron, Total, and Van Hool. He also has acted on private equity deals for The Carlyle Group, Cravey Green & Wahlen, Crédit Lyonnais Private Equity, Partech, Platinum Equity, The Riverside Company, Sherwin-Williams, and WL Ross & Co.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A

Representative Cases

• Bridgestone sells 100% of the shares of Bridgestone’s Italian and Chinese steel cord manufacturing subsidiaries to Belgian-based NV Bekaert SA , (2010)
• EDS sells business unit of A.T. Kearney
• Hexagon acquires IONIC Software and IONIC Enterprise
• International Automotive Components acquires Stankiewicz and Gimotive , (2009)
• LNC obtained US$100 million judgment against Republic of Nicaragua
• PepsiCo acquires interest in Snack Ventures Europe for $750 million
• Platinum Equity acquires Owens Corning fiberglass plants , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble acquires Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
• RHJ International SA acquires Tafime SA
• Traxys obtains $550 million credit facility

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Brussels, Belgium
• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• Katholieke U Leuven - Belgium

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