Buysse & Partners joins Ghent patent office brantsandpatents.

Buysse & Partners joins Ghent patent office brantsandpatents.

Brantsandpatents is a patent office specialized in intellectual property, founded ten years ago by Johan Brants. The firm provides strategic advice on the patent protection of innovations and inventions. The Ghent company employs around 25 people.

Founder and CEO Johan Brants will remain active in the company and as a shareholder, while manager Ellen Crabbe will also invest in the capital.

Buysse & Partners and brandtsandpatents join forces to open new offices, involve management in the shareholding and guide the organic and external growth of the patent office.

Johan Buyle, Private Equity Senior Advisor at Buysse & Partners, elaborates: "We look forward to joining forces with Johan Brants, Ellen Crabbe and the brantsandpatents management team to realize their ambitious organic and external growth strategy. Together we have the financial capabilities, sector expertise and experience in growth strategy to support brantsandpatents in this new phase of its development and to further position the company as the IP expert in Belgium."