BELGIUM Law and Practice Contributed by: Pierre E. Berger and Marc Van de Looverbosch, DLA Piper UK LLP (Brussels)
DLA Piper UK LLP (Brussels) in Belgium operates as a branch of DLA Piper UK LLP and has over 100 law- yers in Brussels, with Belgian lawyers also practis- ing through the Antwerp Bar. The Belgian team offers full-service legal support across corporate, finance, financial services and insurance, tax, technology, in- tellectual property, litigation, regulatory, restructuring and employment matters. Its Brussels office serves as the firm’s EU Centre of Excellence, combining
Belgian law advice with cross-border EU regulatory capability and the wider DLA Piper network in more than 40 countries. In blockchain and crypto-assets, the team advises financial institutions, payment and e-money institutions, fintechs, technology compa- nies, issuers and investors on MiCA implementation, licensing and notifications, tokenisation, financial products, AML/CFT, consumer and marketing rules, custody and outsourcing.
Authors
Pierre E. Berger is a partner in DLA Piper’s Belgian offices and leads the Belgian financial services and insurance sector group. He advises financial institutions, insurance groups, fund managers, fintechs and
Marc Van de Looverbosch is a senior lead lawyer in DLA Piper’s Belgian offices. He advises on financial services regulation, structuring and litigation, with a particular focus on crypto-assets, tokenised securities,
technology companies on corporate, banking, funds, insurance and financial services regulation, including MiCA implementation, crypto-asset services, tokenisation, regulatory-driven transactions, restructurings, enforcement and disputes. Pierre has more than 20 years’ experience and regularly speaks and writes on digital finance and financial regulation.
custody, insolvency and the private law treatment of digital assets. Marc obtained a PhD in law from KU Leuven with research on notice and good faith acquisition of financial transferable assets and is a research fellow at KU Leuven’s Institute for Insolvency Law.
DLA Piper UK LLP (Brussels) 70 Rue aux Laines 1000 Brussels Belgium
Tel: +32 2 500 1500 Fax: +32 2 500 1600 Email: pierre.berger@dlapiper.com Web: www.dlapiper.com
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