On 30 November 2016, bpost has successfully completed its acquisition of the Belgian activities of Lagardère Travel Retail (cf. bpost press release).

The Belgian Competition Authority authorized this transaction on 8 November 2016, subject to a number of commitments.

Eubelius served as counsel to bpost. Erwin Destuyver and Erik Voets assisted bpost in relation with the M&A aspects of the transaction while Jan Bocken and Stijn Goovaerts assisted bpost throughout the merger clearance process before the Competition Authority.