Tax Law Firm of the Year Belgium

Didier Van Laere

Didier Van Laere, born in 1971, is a lawyer at the Brussels’ Bar and the Ghent’s Bar, specialized in tax law and corporate law. He ob- tained a Master degree in law at the University of Ghent in 1994, and a special Master degree in tax law at the University of Brussels (VUB, 1995). Didier Van Laere is one of the two founding partners of the law firm DE BROECK, VAN LAERE & PARTNERS (1998). His practice includes corporate tax work, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and estate planning.

Didier Van Laere was a lecturer at HUB (EHSAL, Brussels). He taught the course ‘Inheritance tax’ to the Master students in ‘Tax Science’ (1998-2003) and gives master classes on current tax and corporate topics.

Didier Van Laere often gives seminars on tax and corporate law for various organizations (e.g. BNP Fortis Paribas, Deutsche Bank, ING, Bank van Lanschot, EHSAL HUB Seminars, University Antwerp Management School, Trends, etc.), both for professional and private audiences.

Didier Van Laere regularly makes contributions to the specialized tax and corporate literature and also writes for non-specialized journals. In 2004, he wrote with his two partners the book ‘Welcome Black’ concerning tax regularization in Belgium.

Contact

Didier Van Laere De Broeck Van Laere & Partners 124, Rue Jules Besme B-1081 Brussels Belgium

Firm Profile

The law firm of DE BROECK VAN LAERE & PARTNERS established in three major cities, Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent, was founded by Leo De Broeck and Didier Van Laere in 1998. Since then it has grown into a professional and dynamic team of 25 lawyers offering companies integrated legal services ranging from compliance over consulting to litigation. In 2008 the firm was ranked in

LEGAL500 (in the Europe, Middle East & Africa as well as in the US Edition) for the first time, highlighting Didier Van Laere as the “the most notable partner” for his tax work. As a relatively young law firm (since

1998), it takes pride in owing its fast growth and success to its dynamic and entrepreneurial approach, combined with its ability to distinguish themselves from others in the profession. The law firm provides its clients with

the highest level of professionalism and technical excellence in tax law, business law and accounting law. Since the office was created, it indeed achieved instructions from a large number of high profile listed and non-listed Belgian and non-Belgian clients, in connection with top quality tax work.

Tel + 32 2 423 00 42 Fax + 32 2 423 00 32 Email : dvl@dvp-law.com Website : www.dvp-law.com

Didier Van Laere

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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011