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LIME assists SFPI-FPIM and the Belgian State in setting up a Transformation Fund in accordance with the Government Agreement of 30 September 2020. This fund includes the creation (in 2021) of a specialised subsidiary that will invest in the solvency of Belgian companies affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and in the long-term recovery of the economy on the #BeMobile, #BeInclusive, #BeProductive and #BeDigital themes, as well as the setting up (in 2022) of a fund dedicated to investments in green transition.

LIME assisted AG Real Estate in relation with a new Cohabs financing round with a record amount of 58 million euros, which will allow further developments of its very successful shared homes concept.

Thierry Tilquin examined the limited partnership in the Companies and Associations Code, a corporate form very useful for investment structures, for example. His article was published in the fifth issue of the Belgian Commercial Law Review (RDC-TBH).

LIME is again helping the cooperative company Pwiic to raise funds from finance&invest.brussels as part of its Coop Us programme.

LIME assists SFPI-FPIM, acting on behalf of the Belgian State, in the structuring and financing of BeLightning SRL, a joint venture between Sabca, Sonaca and Asco Industries for the development and manufacture of horizontal tail planes for the F-35 military aircraft.

LIME assists USH (Lab Box) in its collaboration with TEC and Easymile for the circulation of autonomous shuttles in Louvain-la-Neuve.

LIME assists the Belgian Nuclear Fuel Company Synatom in setting up the Belgian Nuclear Liabilities Fund, an institutional Sicav under Belgian law dedicated to collecting and investing the nuclear provisions for the management of spent fuel from the country's power plants.

LIME assists Wooden Ships, the parent company of Spantech International, in its fundraising with the SRIW.

Thierry Tilquin, Julie-Anne Delcorde and Maïka Bernaerts detailed the new Belgian legislation on cooperative companies in the 3rd issue of the International Journal of Cooperative Law and during a webinar held on December 15, 2020.

Thierry Tilquin and Julie-Anne Delcorde presented the governance of limited partnerships (sociétés simples/maatschappen, en nom collectif/vennootschappen onder firma and en commandite/commanditaire vennootschappen) at the e-conference organised by Anthemis on the evolution of corporate governance in the 21st century.