Margot De Vylder has been promoted to Transaction Services Partner in Brussels. With over 14 years of financial experience, Margot has advised a diverse range of clients, including midsize to large private and public companies across sectors such as Software, B2B Services, Retail & Consumer, and Industrial Products. She holds a master’s degree from Ghent University and began her career at Big4 in 2010, where she worked in financial audit services in both Belgium and Australia. Margot joined Eight Advisory in 2019 and has been a key contributor to the growth of both the transaction services team and the Belgian team globally over the past five years.

Willem De Loore has been appointed Transaction Services Partner in Brussels. He is a seasoned finance professional with more than 15 years of experience in a Big 4, where he specialised in Transaction Services. Willem is a graduate of the University of Leuven with a Masters in Applied Economics. He has since built a proven track record in delivering high quality services to private equity and corporate clients. He is appointed Partner in the Transaction Services team of Eight Advisory in Brussels to further drive the development of this practice in the Benelux region and contribute to Eight Advisory’s overall regional and international offering.

Martijn van Heugten has been appointed to Strategic Valuation and Modelling partner in Amsterdam. Before joining Eight Advisory, Martijn worked for over 17 years in Big4 where he was leading the energy and infrastructure valuations team. As part of his international experience, Martijn also worked nearly two years in the UK practice out of London. He has a proven track record in delivering high quality services to (international) corporate clients, private equity investors and infrastructure funds in various deal and non-deal settings as well as dispute and litigation valuations. He is a graduate from Tilburg University where has completed a master in international business and a master in Financial management. He further completed the executive master in M&A and valuation from the University of Groningen, in which he currently still teaches. Martijn has been appointed to further drive the valuation product offering in the Benelux. He will also become part of Eight Advisory global sector team in energy and infrastructure.  

Philippe Fimmers, Managing Partner at Eight Advisory Benelux commented on the promotions:

« Looking back at a very successful 2024 whereby we reached a growth of more than 30% compared to last year, we continue our expansion of our offices both in Brussels and Amsterdam reaching some 100 professionals at year end. This success reflects the dedication of our team and the efficiency of our pragmatic, impactful solutions that drive our clients’ success going, ranging from Transactions to Restructuring and Transformations. To support our rapid growth, we continue to strengthen our leadership team with a combination of internal promotions as well as attracting high talented individuals to ensure we remain at the forefront of the industry and ready to accelerate our growth for coming years.

These nominations follow a rapid development of the Benelux office. The firm operates from offices in Brussels and Amsterdam since 2018 and 2023 respectively, currently employing over 100 professionals, including 11 partners. It specialises in M&A Transaction Services, Strategy & Operations, Restructuring, Private Equity Services, Finance Transformation Services, Strategic Valuation & Modeling, Infrastructure, Energy & Project Finance, and Tax Services.

The Eight Advisory Benelux team provides comprehensive support to private equity and corporate clients delivering significant value through expertly executed strategies. Last year, it supported a diverse range of landmark deals and restructuring cases across several industries, from retail, through healthcare and pharma, to infra, energy and IT. Key clients included such well-known funds and corporates as CVC Capital Partners, Waterland, Sofina, NHV, Inno, Veritas, IPCOM, IK Partners, Gedeon Richter and many more.