Closed transaction
- Advised by
- Client
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- Counterparty
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- Deal stage
- Closed transaction
- Service
- Sell
- Sector
- Business Services
- Market
- EMEA
- Contact
- lieven@vdp.be
Deal details
With nearly 30 years of experience, Com&Co excels in supporting businesses in clear and impactful communication. The agency supports major companies across finance, industry, IT, and government, with a strong focus on content and sustainability. Their expertise spans marketing, internal communication, employer branding, and corporate communication.
By partnering with Only, Com&Co joins a broader network that includes Happiness and Tomorrow, creating new collaboration opportunities in Belgium and the Netherlands. With a shared entrepreneurial spirit and complementary expertise, the partnership strengthens both companies’ ability to drive strategic and creative impact.
Only is a portfolio company of European PE-firm Abenex.
VDP acted as advisor to the Sellers.
Deal team
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Lieven Stas
RolePartner
FirmVDP
Partner
Lieven has a Master’s degree in Commercial Sciences / Finance (Antwerp) and a Bachelor’s degree in Textile technology (Ghent). He also followed the Advanced Management Programme at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. After a career as a freelance journalist during his studies, Lieven became a co-founder of PR Force NV in 1993. After the sale of PR Force to a listed communication group in London in 2002, he became managing director and then country CEO of respectively Citigate Dewe Rogerson, Trimedia and Grayling. As a consultant, Lieven was involved in more than 25 equity capital markets transactions and still is as a strategic communications and investor relations expert. Lieven also has a Real Estate Agent accreditation (BIV: 506512, mandatory in Belgium).
Lieven joined VD&P Corporate Finance in 2010.
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