UGGC Avocats advises Belgian group Vandeputte on the takeover of Sopronem

October 25, 2024 – UGGC Avocats has advised the Belgian group Vandeputte in its takeover of Sopronem – a former Henkel site – which had been in receivership since September 9.

 

Based in Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Sopronem produced liquid detergents and cleaning products, with sales of €42,000,000 in 2023 and 97 employees.

 

The bid submitted by Vandeputte Holding was accepted by the Melun Commercial Court in a ruling dated October 19, 2024, which preserves all 97 Sopronem employees.

 

With this acquisition, the Vandeputte Group, already present in France with a site in Boulogne-sur-Mer, doubles its production capacity from 150,000 tonnes to 300,000 tonnes.

 

The Vandeputte Group is a fifth-generation family business founded in 1887 in Rekkem, specializing in the manufacture and marketing of soaps and detergents, oil milling and oleochemicals, with sales in excess of €200,000,000.

 

Legal advice :

 

The Vandeputte Group was advised on legal aspects by UGGC Avocats, with a team comprising partner Marine Simonnot, associate Guillaume Brillatz and associate Gil Gaspar Rodrigues on restructuring aspects, partner Jennifer Carrel and associate Agathe de Champsavin on employment law aspects, and partner Carine Le Roy-Gleizes and associate Antoine Jucquin on environmental law aspects.

UGGC Avocats worked in collaboration with partner Pascal Vanden Borre and Eva van Keirsbilck of Stibbe (Brussels).

 

The Vandeputte Group was also assisted by Deloitte on the financial aspects.