Brussels, 1 October 2008 - Baker & McKenzie announces that it has advised Telenet NV on the acquisition of the cable TV business of the Pure Cable companies (associations of municipalities in Flanders, Belgium ) and the creation of long leases on their network, covering 1/3 of the territory in Flanders, which completed on 1 October 2008.

Telenet NV is a listed Belgium-based telecommunications operator, whose mission is the confluence of television, telephony and technology.

The four pure cable companies, Integan, Interelectra/Intermedia, PBE, and West Vlaamse Energie en Teledistributiemaatschappij (WVEM), operating in the Flanders region of Belgium transfer their TV activities including their digital TV business  InDI to Telenet but retain their the ownership of their network.. 

Koen Vanhaerents, corporate Partner at Baker & McKenzie (Brussels), said: "This is a landmark transaction for the Belgian cable business. The transaction allows Telenet to unite the cable networks in practically the whole of Flanders. The long standing relationship with Telenet is another example of the strength and depth of Baker & McKenzie's M&A practice in the telecommunications industry. Since Telenet’s inception in 1996, Baker & McKenzie have supported Telenet's growth strategy through many acquisitions and their listing on Euronext Brussels.''

The Baker & McKenzie team on the Telenet acquisition was led by partners Koen Vanhaerents, Jean-Francois Vandenberghe, Luc Meeus, and Roel Meers and associate Evelyn Robbrecht from the Brussels office.