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Ruben Van Herpe becomes Associate Partner

12 January 2024

Ruben Van Herpe is appointed Associate Partner at Waeterinckx Attorneys Business Criminal Law as from January 2024. Ruben is Master in Law and in Tax ...
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Welcome to Raphaël!

16 September 2022

Early September Raphaël Bonte joined Waeterinckx Attorneys Business Criminal Law. Raphaël studied à the Brussels ‘VUB’ university and obtained his master’s degree in criminal law ...
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Waeterinckx Attorneys open a law office in Ghent as from September and start a collaboration with Van Eeghem Ondernemingsadvocaten.

3 September 2021

We open a law office in Ghent as from September, and will start a collaboration with the reputed law office Van Eeghem OndernemingsAdvocaten (www.vaneeghem.com). For  ...
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Discover new talents and opportunities !

19 March 2021

See how Evi, our office manager, gave her life a new dimension by evolving through temp work from hotel management to the world of attorneys ...
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Register for a training session on business criminal law in December!

16 September 2020

Business criminal law : latest legislation and jurisprudence.  Interested? Register to one of the training sessions on December 8. Are you an attorney, a magistrate, ...
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Waeterinckx Attorneys strengthens its team

2 September 2020

As from September 1 we welcome Willem Henckens in our office, as attorney of counsel. Willem Henckens is specialized in dispute resolution and litigation in ...
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Book “Cryptomunten juridisch ontsloten” will be available soon.

27 May 2020

Together with Mark Delanote and staff of Ghent University we will shortly lead you through the legal dimensions and implications of (the use) of cryptocurrencies, ...
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Waeterinckx Vansteenkiste Attorneys broadens and deepens its expertise in corporate criminal law, human rights law and cassation procedures in criminal law.

15 May 2020

Early May Joost Huysmans started working for Waeterinckx Vansteenkiste Attorneys.  Joost is attorney and has a PhD in law.  After his studies and his PhD, ...
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Julie Petersen wins APR prize 2018

22 May 2019

Our youngest associate Julie Petersen, who is also pursuing a PhD in criminal law at the University of Antwerp, won the annual APR prize with ...
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Do you want to know more about the draft of the new Criminal Code? Register now for the study day of May the 3rd: “Towards a new penal code”!

25 April 2019

On May 3 2019, Die Keure organizes a bilingual study day on this subject. Patrick Waeterinckx will, among other things, make a critical analysis of ...
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According to the Court of Cassation, foreign income from offshores without economic realities always had to be reported, even before the entry into force of the Cayman tax

11 March 2019

Prior: the judgment of the Ghent Court of Appeal In September 2018, the Court of Appeal of Ghent declared a person guilty of tax evasion. ...
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Precising jurisdiction in cassation regarding the limitation of the judgement of the laundered pecuniary benefits.

11 February 2019

On February 2019 the Court of Cassation issued an interesting ruling. This ruling concerns the problem of illicit proceeds which a judge has to confiscate ...
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Rights of the bona fide third-owner versus common (criminal) interest : the Constitutional Court sets clear boundaries (again).

12 November 2018

For a long time “loot”-aimed research and punishment is a priority in the fight against financial and economic crime.  One counts on a  dissuasive effect ...
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Science and criminal law : a critical view at the annual meeting of the Dutch-Flemish Association of Criminal Law

18 October 2018

In October 2018, the Dutch-Flemish Association of Criminal Law (Nederlands-Vlaamse Vereniging voor Strafrecht) had its yearly meeting. This year’s theme was forensic proof in criminal ...
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Commercial flexibility or crime? The Brussels criminal court takes a stringent position

1 October 2018

On May 9, 2018 the French speaking Brussels criminal court sentenced a lease company in luxury cars and its director for (a.o.) money laundering (the ...
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The Constitutional Court confirms the existing conversion mechanism for legal persons

22 January 2018

At the introduction of the Belgian Penal Code in 1867 the natural person was always considered as the offender. Thus, the penal system was built ...
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Register now for the free seminar on insuring the liability of board members and management committee members.

19 January 2018

Is a liability insurance for board members and management committee members relevant? Baker Tilly Belgium, Tribus Law, Litiguard Advocaten, Waeterinckx Attorneys and Beluga Insurance Solutions kindly invite ...
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The European Court of Human Rights condemns the uncontrolled and secret exploitation of bank data of a german criminal attorney.

23 October 2017

Mr Sommer is a German attorney specialized in criminal cases. In 2009 his client was convicted. The convicted person’s fiancée paid the fees through her ...
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