About deminor NXT
Whether it concerns a small question, a complex transaction, a family-related conflict, or even an extensive search for a tailor-made solution, you can count on a hands-on and determined partner at your side. As your partner of the route, we guide you from A to Z, until the desired outcome is achieved. In doing so, we rely on our many years of experience and on a strong team of experts who share the same passion. Our achievements prove that we know what we are talking about. We give clients what they need and not necessarily what they ask for . After all, we are not mere yes-men, but determined go-getters with our hearts focused on your best interests.
Our team, your partners
Our team consists of experienced colleagues from various disciplines: lawyers, economists, financial analysts, experts in corporate governance and family businesses. Is very specific expertise needed? Then we also collaborate with several external partners.
The daily management is in the hands of the Executive Committee (EXCOM), which meets monthly and includes the four Executive Partners, namely Bernard Thuysbaert (Chairman), Pierre-Alexis Léonard, Thibaut Claes and Jan Baptist Cooreman.
The Board of Directors is composed of two executive (managing) directors (Bernard Thuysbaert and Pierre-Alexis Léonard), two (non-executive) representatives of the shareholders (Pierre Nothomb – Chairman and Erik Bomans) and two independent non-executive directors (Muriel Bernard and Alexis De Groote). The Board of Directors meets five times per year, including one strategic meeting with all shareholders and EXCOM members.
The division of powers and responsibilities between the shareholders, the Board of Directors and the EXCOM is set out in an internal Matrix of Powers.
We are an open partnership. The share capital is currently held by Pierre Nothomb, Erik Bomans and the four members of the EXCOM, Bernard Thuysbaert, Pierre-Alexis Léonard, Jan Baptist Cooreman and Thibaut Claes.
Our approach
As experts in negotiating and protecting as well as advising shareholders, directors, investors and entrepreneurs, we do not only listen to the interests of our clients, but we also put ourselves on the other side of the table. Should a conflict nevertheless arise, we will do everything possible to avoid court proceedings. How? By turning each shareholder’s monologue into an open dialogue. We take control of the conversation and ensure that the voice of our clients is heard.
In a nutshell, we…
- analyse the context and your position
- engage in dialogue with all parties
- develop an effective strategy
- implement that strategy together
- work out the achieved result in concrete terms
First-hand experiences
To respect the confidentiality and discretion of our cases, the identity of our clients or the companies’ names cannot be disclosed. Several clients however, are willing to testify on an individual basis about their cooperation with deminor NXT in a personal interview. Interested in their story? Then feel free to send us an email using the button below.
Our values in words
Independence
This concerns the core of our identity. We are completely independent of external influences and determine our own direction. That way we can stand up for any party.
Dignity
We believe that every party should be treated with respect and left in its dignity. Business reality goes in harmony with human reality. Therefore, at deminor NXT, injustice is fought with vigour.
Responsibility
We take responsibility towards our customers and employees. In this way, we feel responsible for the consequences of our actions and don’t leave anyone behind when the going gets tough. We only defend positions that are in line with our own values and are willing to convince our customers of this.
Milestones in our history
At Deminor Shareholder & Governance Services hebben, we have always believed that tradition and innovation are in balance. Therefore, after years of building on the rich history of the Deminor brand, we decided to bring a breath of fresh air to our brand. From a broader perspective, as deminor NXT, we offer a stronger service package with more options.
While respecting the past, we are now looking to the future.
– Bernard Thuysbaert, CEO
Deminor was founded by Eric Coppieters and the Deficom Group (then renamed Definance), a listed Belgian private equity investor. The launch of the first activities in Belgium related to listed and privately owned companies.
He mainly focuses on the Flemish market. In addition, Deminor also starts its first activities outside the country’s borders, in France.
Private and institutional investors receive a nice premium in the context of the controversial takeover of the Belgian group Wagons-Lits by the French Accor.
New offices are established in France (1995), the Netherlands (1997), Italy (1998) and Switzerland (2002).
Deminor Recovery Services is set up as a separate division to help companies and investors monetise their legal claims.
The historical Shareholder & Governance Services business will continue in a new, Belgian company called Deminor NV.
This is done by Erik Bomans, Charles Demoulin and Edouard Fremault. It also gets a separate website and grows internationally, by opening offices in Luxembourg, London and New York.
They act as a sounding board for Deminor’s executive partners.
This is done under the new trade name ‘Deminor Litigation Funding’ and is growing exponentially with offices in Luxembourg, Brussels, London, New York, Milan, Hamburg, Madrid and Hong Kong.
This is done to guide within start-ups to professionalise their organisation and raise capital under the best legal, governance and financial conditions.
Deminor Litigation Funding successfully completes €40 million financing, supporting its ambitious business plan.
An ‘Executive Committee’ is set up. Bernard Thuysbaert is appointed as the Chief Executing Officer (CEO).
With a new name, different corporate identity and stronger service package, deminor NXT decides to bring a breath of fresh air to its brand and separates itself completely from Deminor Litigation Funding.
Deminor was founded by Eric Coppieters and the Deficom Group (then renamed Definance), a listed Belgian private equity investor. The launch of the first activities in Belgium related to listed and privately owned companies.
He mainly focuses on the Flemish market. In addition, Deminor also starts its first activities outside the country’s borders, in France.
Private and institutional investors receive a nice premium in the context of the controversial takeover of the Belgian group Wagons-Lits by the French Accor.
New offices are established in France (1995), the Netherlands (1997), Italy (1998) and Switzerland (2002).
Deminor Litigation Funding
Deminor Litigation Funding helps companies and investors monetise their legal claims. With offices in Brussels, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York and Stockholm, Deminor has funded cases in 21 jurisdictions, achieving positive recoveries for clients in more than 80% of the cases it has funded. It is widely considered as one of the leading litigation finance companies globally.
Dups
Dups, or deminor for start-ups, offers start-ups and scale-ups ‘triple play’ guidance as they raise capital. With dups’ experts, entrepreneurs can determine the value of their company, strengthen their business plan and negotiate the best possible deal on financial, legal and corporate governance issues.