Professional qualification
avocat (Brussels)
solicitor (England and Wales)
Professional experience
2012~
independent arbitration practice
2009~
deputy judge (conseiller suppléant) at the Brussels court of appeal, currently in the Markets Court division
2023~
chairman of the board, van de Put & Co Private Bankers SA
2016~2023
chairman of the board, FORsettlement
2015~2018
Vice-Chair, Appeal Panel of the European Single Resolution Board
1991~2012
Clifford Chance, Brussels; head of banking and finance practice; partner since 1992; managing partner 1995~2005 and 2006~2010
1990~1991
Clifford Chance, London; associate
1986~1990
Baker & McKenzie, Brussels; associate
1984~1986
Baker & McKenzie, Tokyo; associate
Education
1984
research student, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
1982
law degree (licence), UL Brussels, summa cum laude
1979
bachelor (candidature) economics and computer science, FUNDP Namur, summa cum laude
1977
admission certificate civil engineering, UC Louvain
Testimonials
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Awards
Listed in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration 2024, Legal 500 Benelux Arbitration Powerlist 2022 and 2021-2022 Best Lawyers in Belgium – Arbitration. Ranked as “leading” by Leaders League 2023; Global Law Experts’s “Arbitration Expert of the Year in Belgium 2022” award; nomination by Best Lawyers as “Brussels Finance Lawyer of the Year” 2016 and “Brussels Banking Lawyer of the Year” 2010; Acquisition International’s “Best for Financial Services Arbitration – Belgium” 2015 award and “Most Outstanding Business Dispute Adjudicator” 2016 award. Numerous nominations by Euromoney as one of the “Best of the Best”, the “World’s Leading Banking Lawyers”, the “World’s Leading Securitization Lawyers”, the “World’s Leading Capital Market Lawyers” and the “World’s Leading Structured Finance Lawyers”. Ranked as “highly recommended”, “leading individual” or equivalent by Chambers, Legal 500, PLC Which Lawyer? and IFLR 1000 directories. Pierre de Harven prize at ULB, 1982.
Publications
Various publications in the fields of arbitration law and banking law
Languages, nationality, date of birth
English, French, Dutch; Belgian nationality; born 1959