General information

• Legal Counsel

• °1942, Aarschot

• Member of the Bar, since 2001

• Founding partner of the law firm EMPIRE LAW FIRM

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Education

• Law Degree at the Free University of Brussels (VUB)

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Special degrees

• MBA at the EU School Brussels - Montreux

• Management Sciences at the High Institute of Brussels

• Holder certificate 'formation spéciale en procédure de cassation en matière pénale', 2016

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Previous experiences

• Director-General of Belgian Ministry of Finance, VAT Department

• Senior Executive Advisor Tax & Legal Department Ernst & Young

• Representative of Belgium at the VAT-EU Commission and in the workgroup on the White Book

• Advisor in the VAT commission in the Belgian parliament Ph. Maystadt

• Lector at the Ecole Supérieure de Fiscalité

• Lector at the law school of the Free University of Brussels (VUB)

• Lector at the Limburgs Universitair Centrum (LUC)

• Lector at the University of Maastricht

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Special missions

• United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Washington

• EU Pratical Implications of intracommunity VAT formalities at Rome, Paris, Den Haag, London

• VAT problems in the global economy in Poland, Hungry and former Czechoslovakia, OECD, Paris

• President of the EU delegation in Lebanon, VAT Implementation and introduction, mission of the EC, IMF and the World Bank

• Affiliation of Romania to the EC, Bucharest

• Conformity of VAT

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Publications and conferences

• The new tax law (R.W., 1981-1982, 1793-1816)

• The penal procedure in tax law (Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift, nr.5/1982)

• The IRS as civil party (Alg. Fiscaal Tijdschrift, nr. 3/82)

• The IRS and the bank secret (Alg. Fiscaal Tijdschrift, nr. 10/82 & Rev. Gén. De Fisc, nr. 3/83)

• The penal law and tax law (Kluwer, 1983)

• The collaboration between the IRS and the DA – the right of defence (Alg. Fiscaal Tijdschrift, nr. 10/85)

• The penal responsibility of the tax consultant (BTW-Revue, nr. 56)

• Continuation in tax law (TFR.nr. 51/85)

• The penal law and circumstantial evidence (Fiscoloog, nr. 58/82)

• The new increases in tax law (Fiscoloog, Nr. 60/82)

• The penal law and tax law (CED Samsom, 1983)

• The penal law and tax law in collaboration with L. Huybrechts – new edition (CED Samsom, 1987)

• The Tax Compendium CED Samsom, V° Fiscaal strafrecht, V° BTW

• Import-export V° Indirect taxes (Kluwer, 1989)

• Proof of evidence in tax law (BTW-Revue, nr. 91/90)

• The notary public and VAT (AFT Notarisblad, 1990)

• The indirect taxes 1992 (TFR, nr. 97/90)

• The VAT in a uniformed EU market 1992 (AFT, nr. 10/90)

• Usufruct and VAT (Liber Amicorum E. Krings, p. 1007, Story-Scientia, 1991)

• The VAT since 1.1.1993 – Commentaires (BTW-Revue, nr. 99/92)

• Usufruct and VAT (BTW-Revue, nr. 101/92)

• The new legislation on VAT; between hope and doubt (Liber Amicorum W. Maeckelbergh, Kluwer, 1993)

• VAT and civil law: the perfect marriage? (Liber Amicorum P. De Vroede, p. 971, Kluwer, 1994)

• Company law in practice (Standaard Uitg., 1995)

• Tax guide for businessmen (Standaard Uitg., 1996)

• The place of service and VAT – Comments on the Aro-Lease judgement (Praktijkboek Indirecte Belastingen, Kluwer, 1998)

• The tax reform: an urgent necessity

• The economic reality of the tax legislation – verbo in Trends Top 5000, Roularta, 1998

• Monthly Tax Chronical (Uitgeverij IPS NV)

• Real estate and VAT (Praktijkboek Indirecte Belastingen, Kluwer, 1999)

• Almanach VAT (200p)

• Almanach of the tax payer (320p), 2002

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Experience  

• Tax Law (VAT, income tax...)

• Inheritance Law

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Languages

Dutch, French, English, German

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