Deloitte Legal assists Sweco Belgium BV with the acquisition of ARIES Real Estate Solutions

Deloitte Legal provided buyer-side legal advice and assistance to Sweco Belgium BV on the acquisition of ARIES Real Estate Solutions (A-RES), a Belgian engineering company with offices in Brussels and Ghent, with a strong reputation for directing and managing real estate-related projects in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia.

Sweco on the acquisition:

"We are very pleased to include the talented consultants of A-RES in the large Sweco family. Their many years of expertise in areas such as project planning and cost management, programming, and general real estate consultancy is a real asset for our Buildings division. Through our one-stop-shop approach, we already offer an answer to the multidisciplinarity and complexity of today's building projects. Today and tomorrow we will offer our clients exactly the right expertise for their specific project", says Erwin Malcorps, Managing Director of Sweco Belgium.”

Sweco plans and designs the sustainable communities and cities of the future. The results of their work are sustainable buildings, efficient infrastructure and access to clean water. With 17,500 employees in Northern Europe, they offer their clients the right expertise for every project. They carry out projects in 70 countries annually throughout the world. Sweco is Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancy, with sales of approximately SEK 20.6 billion (EUR 1.9 billion). The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB.

The Deloitte Legal Corporate and M&A team of lawyers was composed of Wouter D’herde, Margot De Geest and Tim Baart.

More information and the press release can be consulted on Sweco’s website.