Lakeside Capital Partners is active in the healthcare sector and the interest in vertical integration continues to be of importance for its investment strategy. Whilst demographics are reporting a growing elderly index which is leading to increase in demand of dental laboratory service provisions, emerging technologies such as 3D printing are digitizing the workflow in this field. To enhance investments, management decided to enter the dental laboratory market by acquiring 100-years-old dental laboratory, Tandtechnisch Laboratorium J.A. Beijn Rotterdam.

Tandtechnisch Laboratorium Beijn is a Netherlands based dental laboratory with a long tradition and procedural knowledge in this sector. Mr. J.A. Beijn senior (1897-1975) started in 1920 with his own practice. In 1951, his son J.A. Beijn junior (1933-) joined the laboratory as an apprentice. In 1968 he took over his father’s dental laboratory. In 2020, after the 100^th anniversary of the laboratory, Mr. J.A. Beijn junior decided to sell the company to Lakeside Capital Partners. The effective date of change of ownership will be January 1^st 2021.

The purpose of the company is to provide clients with the finest dental technology by assuring the highest quality standards. The company’s long history benefits from a strong qualitative brand image, during the years a steady growth in technical and cosmetic dentistry has been possible due to the expertise and personal approach of the selected technical craftswomen and men.

Erika Vati

Interviewer Art Index Rotterdam

Parts of the interview:

What is the main motivation, what is the main reason you collect art?

It is like a love story. When you see an artwork that you like, from that moment a relationship starts between you and the artwork. And then you start to feel the urge to have it close to you. Obviously, it is visual but in my case, I tend to be attracted by the story behind. An artwork on its own can be very beautiful or interesting but the story behind keeps me hooked.

Who inspires you in the art world? Who influenced you as a collector?

I would say the Caldic Collection, which later became the Museum Voorlinden. I was totally impressed by an exhibition called “I promise to love you” curated from the Caldic Collection in Kunsthal in 2011. The founder is a good example of a businessman who built up an enormous and amazing quality art collection. I believe Voorlinden was probably inspired by the Beyeler Foundation near Basel because it has a similar set up. The founder of the Beyeler Foundation was an extraordinary gallerist who was also the co-founder of Art Basel. These are the people who inspire the world and also me. But artists also do, and having a relationship with artists creates the wish to collect art. I could list many more but in the end you need to choose your own path and style and develop a certain taste.

Where would you like to see the Rotterdam art world growing?

I was born and raised in Rotterdam so obviously I would like to see Rotterdam become a hub, a place where, internationally, people are willing to come and see art. I think we have done very well with the new “Depot” of Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum which has already raised huge attention internationally. It was on the front page of important newspapers like the New York Times. It is an enormous job, what Sjarel Ex and his team did with the help of sponsors and the municipality. To make a museum collection visible as a whole and to be able to walk through it from below surface to the top floor—it’s an impressive achievement. It’s a ground-breaking approach to make a museum collection completely transparent, conserving it and at the same time showing it. Also, for us collectors there will be the possibility to rent a space and publicly show our private collection. It’s really fascinating. It’s a big step for the art scene here. Well done Rotterdam!

To read the full interview:

https://www.artindexrotterdam.nl/interview_Ali_Keles_Lakeside_Collection_Rotterdam.html

The Code of Conduct of Lakeside Capital Partners has officially been ratified by the Board. This document represents the values that the group embraces when it comes to its business conduct towards stakeholders and society. The Code of Conduct clearly underlines Lakeside Capital Partners’ responsibilities towards its employees. Values discussed include entrepreneurship, high-business standards and empathy toward third parties and business partners.

The Code of Conduct is a set of conventions, principles and expectations that are taken into consideration by the leadership of an organization, which is aiming to encourage certain ethical behaviors to be followed by the group’s stakeholders.

The Code of Conduct can be found below:

‘Villa Lakeside’, the headquarters building of Lakeside Capital Partners in Rotterdam, elected to receive a monumental status. With this announcement, the building entered into the heritage protection program of the Rotterdam Municipality. ‘Villa Lakeside’ will be the 4^th monument recognized by the municipality in the district of Overschie besides ‘Keersluis Poldervaart’, ‘Voormalige smederij Rozenburg’ and ‘Voormalig Raadshuis’.

The municipality’s heritage policy is aimed at preserving the historical sites of the city for future generations. The city houses an international UNESCO World Heritage Site, national monuments, protected cityscapes and municipal monuments. In addition to these, there are numerous iconic buildings preserved in the neighborhoods of the city. Rotterdam Municipality follows a Heritage Agenda, with the guidelines in the agenda, the Municipal Executives want to continue to engage in a dialogue about cultural-historical awareness in the city. Lakeside Capital Partners’ management is glad to contribute to the preservation of heritage.

Lakeside Capital Partners is active in the financing of renewable energy projects. To enhance investments in this sector, management decided to first concentrate on solar PV projects in Western European markets. In order to solidify this endeavour, Lakeside Capital Partners structured a joint venture with Switch Energy, a Rotterdam based solar development and engineering group. Alongside the latter, other strategic partnerships have been established with renowned institutions.

The first 40 MW own development solar PV projects have received SDE+ grants by Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (RVO) on July 16^th 2020. The construction and connection to the Dutch grid network is planned in the course of 2021. Lakeside Capital Partners acts as financial sponsor and asset manager, whereas Switch Energy is responsible for engineering, construction management and maintenance.

Lakeside Collection takes a part in Unlocked/Reconnected exhibition at the premisses of Lakeside Capital Partners in Rotterdam. Artwork shown is the ‘Bust Chair’ by Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny. Besides showing the artwork 12 conversations will be held and recorded with interesting guests out of the Dutch art world, so called ‘Bust Chair Conversations’. Contemplating and looking ahead after reopening and starting life and participation in the world.

Unlocked/Reconnected is an initiative that brings together a wide range of ‘houses for art’: museums, institutes for presentation, galleries, artists’ initiatives, and corporate collections. The point of departure for Unlocked/Reconnected is the idea of solidarity, the will to reflect collectively on what home is. Our world must not become fragmented, fractured into enclosing walls: a consolidation of forces and locations, national and international, can in fact show us what the house/home can mean. As an initiative Unlocked/Reconnected stems from a sense that opening up the home, in the aftermath of the lockdown, will force us to reconsider our outlook on this. Unlocked/Reconnected underlines the importance of art and culture in this period of global crisis.

For more information: www.unlockedreconnected.nl

Lakeside Capital Partners has been founded in Rotterdam as the successor of TransMatch Capital Partners, which has been active in the corporate finance and private equity sector for more than 10 years. The buy-out and continuation under the new flag and corporate identity, Lakeside Capital Partners, occurred at the end of 2019.

Lakeside Capital Partners is a Netherlands based, boutique financial services and investment group focusing on real estate advisory and corporate finance including M&A, restructuring, and asset management. Alongside its advisory services, the group acts as an equity partner through its investment company. The services of the firm include fund structuring where Lakeside Capital Partners acts as fund manager and also provides junior funding and arranges external senior debt. The client base consists of family offices, private investors, financial institutions, and asset managers in the real estate and private equity sectors.

For more information: www.lakesidecapital.nl