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About Sarah Wauthion

Sarah Wauthion is an associate in the Brussels office and a member of our Corporate and M&A team.

She assists on corporate and finance matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital markets transactions.

Sarah speaks French, Dutch and English.

Recent work

  • Advising the Périer-D’Ieteren family on the sale of its remaining stake in D’Ieteren Group, to Nayarit Participations SA.
  • Advising Anheuser-Busch InBev on the divestment of part of Altria Group Inc.’s shareholding.
  • Advising many Belgian listed companies on key financial law, corporate governance and market abuse matters and developments.
  • Advising the family shareholders of Gaming1 on the sale of Gaming1, the leader in the Belgian gambling and betting market, to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII.
  • Advising Telenet on its acquisition a 49% stake in the Caviar group, an international production and entertainment company with offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Los Angeles, London, and Paris.
  • Advising D’Ieteren Group on its acquisition of a 40% participation in TVH Parts and a EUR 3.65bn long-term partnership with the Thermote family.
  • Advising Waterland Private Equity on its participation in The Cookware Company, a global cookware manufacturer with a focus on PFAS-free products.
  • Advising Catalent on (i) its acquisition of Delphi Genetics SA, a Belgium-based plasmid DNA cell and gene therapy CDMO and (ii) its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Hepathic Cell Therapy Support SA from Promethera Biosciences SA.

Qualifications

Education 

  • Free University of Brussels, Belgium (law)
  • Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium (Erasmus exchange program)
  • New York University School of Law, United States (LLM)

Professional memberships 

  • Brussels Bar
  • New York State Bar