SEEDS OF LAW - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Bar of Brussels
- Partner / Real Estate
Alain De Jonge is specialised in civil law, commercial and economic law and corporate law.
He has extensive experience in advising and assisting national and international investors with respect to real estate transactions, such as office buildings, commercial real estate, shopping centers, hotels and housing developments.
In addition he is experienced in commercial and economic law, and advises his clients on acquisitions, corporate law and contracts.
Alain is also a very experienced and successful litigator.
Before co-founding Peeters Law in 2009, Alain was active with Mc Kenna&Cuneo, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer&Feld, and Loyens & Loeff.
In 2019 Peeters Law has decided to join forces with Koen De Puydt and his team and to assume a new brand, which better reflects the service we have in mind for you, and that is "Seeds of Law".
Alain is member of the Bar of Brussels since 7 January 1991.
Qualification
Master of Laws (Lic. Juris), VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), 1988
LL.M. in European Law, Institut d'Etudes européennes, ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), 1989
Languages
Dutch
Aline Heyrman specialises in administrative law and public procurement law and in urban planning and environmental law.
Starting 2013, Aline has been active as a lawyer at the bar of Ghent, first in the law firm Rika Heijse (2013-2016), where she specialised in administrative and public law in the broad sense, including public procurement law, expropriation, government liability, civil service law and disciplinary law.
Subsequently, Aline was active in Law firm Bienstman-Decloedt (now BDL&T), where she dedicated herself additionally to urban planning and environmental law (2017-2019).
In 2019 Aline joined Seeds of Law, where she devotes herself further to administrative and public law in the broad sense, including urban planning, environmental law and public procurement law.
Qualification
Master of Laws - specialised in 'National and International Public Law and Environmental Law', UGent (Universiteit Gent), 2011
LL.M. in 'International and European Law', VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), 2012
Prize for 'Best Memorial' in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Belgian Finalist of the National Round and participation to the International Round in in Washington D.C.
Postgraduate International Cooperation North-South, KATHO and HOWEST, 2013, magna cum laude
Legal traineeship at the 'Legal Defense' departement of human rights NGO Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) in Lima (Peru), 2013
Languages
Dutch
Efficiency is the key to an optimal service to both internal and external customers
As legal counsel since 1983, Ann adviced and assisted the members of "Fegarbel", which is the "Royal Belgian Federation of Garage owners". In 1996 Ann was appointed Secretary General of the professional organisation of garage owners, "Bond van de Garagisten Beroepsverenigingen vzw", successor of Fegarbel. She provided legal advice to its members, and was active as lobbyist with respect to their professional interest. She published a practical legal and administrative handbook for the garage owners and a monthly newsletter about a great number of legal topics which could be of interest to them.
In 2009 Ann joined the law firm Peeters Advocaten-Avocats where she was responsible for the management and the marketing and communication. Within Seeds of Law she is responsible for the know-how management, marketing and external communication.
Qualification
Master in Laws (Lic. Juris), UIA (Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen), 1982
Languages
Dutch
Job Titles:
- Senior Counsel
- Senior Counsel / Commercial and Economic Law - Distribution - Insolvency Law - Real Estate - Construction Law - Litigation and Arbitration
Aurélie Glinne specialises in commercial and economic law, distribution law, insolvency law and real estate and construction law.
Aurélie is a member of the Brussels Bar since November 2015.
She started her traineeship in an independent law firm, specialised in civil and commercial and economic law.
In 2017, she joined DBB Defenso to further focus her practice on general commercial and economic law, company law (restructuring and insolvency), real estate and construction law.
Casper joined Seeds of Law in September 2023. He mainly focuses on corporate law and M&A and commercial and economic law.
Qualification
Master in Law, KU Leuven, 2023
LL.M. Corporate Law, KU Leuven, 2023, cum laude
Languages
Dutch
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Member of the Bar at the Law Firm Xirius
- Senior Associate / Real Estate
Charlotte Sterckx started as a member of the bar at the law firm Xirius and focused on real estate law and commercial law.
On 1 November 2021, she joins the real estate team of Seeds of Law where she will also develop her commercial law skills.
Qualification
Bachelor Business Management - Legal Practice - UCLouvain (Université Catholique de Louvain)
Master in Laws - VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Specialised master in European Law - ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Languages
Dutch
Gloria Inés Delgado Villegas specialises in corporate law and M&A and commercial and economic law.
Gloria started in November 2010 as a legal assistant in the real estate department of a Brussels notary's office. She subsequently worked at the corporate and competition law departments of an international law firm in Brussels.
In 2017 she started working for DBB Defenso and became a member of the Brussels Bar.
Gloria joined Seeds of Law in 2019, where she focuses on commercial and economic law and co rpora te law.
Qualification
Master of Laws - specialised in International and European Law, VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), 2017, cum laude
Languages
Dutch
Jens van Lathem joins our law firm to assist us with regard to intellectual property law and global mobility.
For more than three years, Jens worked for "Cultuurloket", where he provided free first-line advice on every branch of law an artist encounters, elaborated and presented trainings for professionals and art students on the artist status, independent status, global mobility, common artist contracts and copyright.
In 2018, Jens founded his own firm named "Twee-eiige drieling", which provided legal support to the broad creative sector (incl IT and communications) on copyright, taxation, global mobility, associations, employment law, social security, contract negotiations...
Since September 2022, Jens has been taking the postgraduate course Design For Impact. This is a course that provides practical methods and tools for working together in multidisciplinary teams on socially impactful projects.
Qualification
Master in Laws, Universiteit Gent (Ugent), 2015
Postgraduate Design For Impact, LUCA School of Arts Gent, 2023
Languages
Dutch
Joost Van Genechten started his career as a lawyer at the Antwerp Bar in 2020.
Within corporate law, Joost focuses on dispute resolution. He represents clients in courts and tribunals, mainly in corporate law matters (shareholder disputes, director's liability, etc.) and insolvency law matters (including judicial reorganisation proceedings).
In 2022, Joost joined Seeds of Law, where he further focuses on corporate and insolvency law proceedings in the corporate law team.
In addition, since 2023, Joost has been teaching the subject "Transfer of trade funds" as part of the professional training course Real Estate Broker, organised by Syntra Brussels.
Qualification
Master in Law, Kuleuven, major corporate law, minor tax law, 2020, cum laude
Micro-credential insolvency, securities, and enforcement law, UGent, 2023
Languages
Dutch
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / Commercial and Economic Law - Corporate Law - M & a - Agreements - Insolvency Law - Finance - Sustainability
Leo Peeters specialises in national and international corporate law and has assisted in a number of mergers and acquisitions, financings and corporate restructurings.
He has extensive experience in contract law, commercial and economic law, banking and finance law, insolvency law, distribution law, corporate contract law, real estate law, telecom law and arbitration.
He advises entrepreneurs and their companies from the very beginning of their activity, during their financing, in the drafting and negotiation of their contracts, during the acquisition and sale of their companies or divisions and also in the restructuring of companies in difficulty (insolvency, WCO and bankruptcy) or their dissolution.
Job Titles:
- Algemeen Directeur - Directeur Général
Olivier Delaere started his career as a lawyer within a research section. He specialised in labour law and insolvency law. He organised seminars and teached on several topics.
From 2010 onwards until 2022, Olivier held several management positions. In 2022, Olivier started as an independent consultant.
Qualification
Masters in History, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 1999
Masters of Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 2005
LLM en législation des pensions, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 2010
Languages
Dutch
Paco Shen obtained a Master of Laws at the KU Leuven in 2020, specialising in public law, particularly in economic administrative law, environmental law and constitutional law.
As a student he already did an internship in the law firm Rika Heijse, where he specialised in administrative and public law in the broadest sense.
In 2020 he joined Seeds of Law to specialise in public and administrative law. He is also involved in real estate and construction law.
Qualification
Master in Laws, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), 2020
Languages
Dutch
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / Real Estate - Construction Law
Peter Moerman started his career in 2002 with the law firm Verhaegen Walravens where he specialised in Commercial & Economic Law.
He subsequently specialised in Construction and Real Estate law at the law firms Wery & Associés and Mattijs Voet & Co, where he was appointed Partner in 2011.
In December 2021 Peter joined Seeds of Law to strengthen its real estate and construction law team.
Qualification
Master of Laws, KUL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), 2001
LL.M. in Tax Law, KUL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), 2002
LL.M. in Real Estate, KUL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), 2006
Languages
Dutch
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Member of the Brussels
After an internship at the Labor Court in Antwerp, Rutger became a member of the Brussels bar in 2013 and worked for 10 years at the Brussels law firm MVVP Advocaten.
Job Titles:
- Senior Counsel
- Senior Counsel / Commercial and Economic Law - Real Estate, Renting and Co - Ownership - Property Law - Litigation and Arbitration
Sidney Van Ommeslaghe joined the bar in 2014.
Prior to that, he worked as a legal advisor and legislator at the Federal Public Service Economy, Middle Classes and Energy.
His practice at the bar focuses on litigation before civil and commercial courts and on contract law, including real estate contracts (lease, sale, business real estate) and commercial law contracts (terms and conditions, corporate and commercial contracts).
Sidney is experience d in complex litigation involving several branches of law and sometimes several lawyers and/or experts.
He also has extensive experience in negotiating amicable settlements, both before and during proceedings.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate / Construction Law - Real Estate, Renting and Co - Ownership - Litigation and Arbitration
Tom Lenaerts is specialised in construction law, real estate law and property law.
After his internship within Adhemar.law and Schoups law offices, he joined Seeds of Law in September 2023 where he focuses on construction and real estate law.
Tom is also an affiliated researcher at the department of notarial studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
From 2020 to 2023, he was an assistant lecturer for the course of Legal Methodology I at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Qualification
Master in Law, specialised in Civil Law and Aribtration, VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), 2020, cum laude
Bachelor in Business Management, option: Legal Practice, UCLL, 2017
Languages
Dutch
Tom started his career at the law firm Lovius where he mainly focused on construction law, contracting and commercial law.
Tom joined Seeds of Law in December 2021 to enforce the team specialised in real estate and construction law, urban planning and administrative law.
Toon Rummens specialises in corporate law and M&A and real estate law.
Early 2008 he joined the Directorate Disputes and Judicial Support of the Federal Public Service Internal Affairs where he focussed on non-contractual liability law and civil liability of the Federal Police in particular.
In 2010 he joined the department business law at a Brussels law firm where he mainly worked on dossiers concerning corporate law, commercial law and contract law.
Toon joined Seeds of Law at the start-up in May 2019 as a partner, where he focuses on commercial law in the broadest sense of the word, with a special focus on corporate and association law, contract law and real estate law.
He advises companies (and their shareholders and directors), non-profit associations and independent entrepreneurs on a very regular basis, and in the past has successfully led several companies in difficulty through various problems and proceedings.
Over the years, Toon has also built up special expertise in real estate-related transactions, such as the sale and development of real estate and real estate projects. Toon advises on the drafting and interpretation of various purchase-sale agreements (option agreements, purchase and sale promises, etc.), on various commercial law constructions, and on all kinds of cooperation and promotion agreements regarding real estate.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Bar of Brussels
- Partner / Real Estate
Ulrike Beuselinck specialises in real estate and construction law and property law.
Since September 2010 Ulrike Beuselinck is member of the bar of Brussels.
She worked for several years at the law firm Orys within the real estate and construction law department.
In May 2019, Ulrike joined Seeds of Law as a partner where she focuses on real estate law in general, property law (long lease rights, easements, common wall, co-ownership,…) and construction law in the public and private sector.
In addition, Ulrike has extensive expertise in tenancy law, with regard to common and commercial rental law and land lease. She is also responsible for all files concerning liability law and insurance Law.
Since 2019 she is docent tenancy law for the real estate experts in formation at Syntra Brussels.
Qualification
Master of Laws, specialised in Public Law, VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), 2010
Languages
Dutch
Walid joined Seeds of Law in September 2023. He mainly focuses on corporate law and M&A and commercial and economic law.
Qualification
Master in Law, Universiteit Antwerpen, 2023
LL.M. Corporate Law, KU Leuven, ongoing
Languages
Dutch
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Member of the Charleroi Bar
- Senior Associate / Employment Law
Youssra Andaloussi specialises in employment law, social security law, civil law and commercial law.
She started her professional career as a legal advisor to the Belgian association for the defence, representation and promotion of the self-employed, UCM.
Youssra became a member of the Charleroi Bar in 2019 and worked for Buyle Legal office. She then joined the law firm Thalès and became a member of the Brussels Bar in 2021.
I like to help solve legal problems; within the lines when I can and outside the lines when I ought to
Yves was a teaching assistant in constitutional law at KULeuven for six years and is also the author of numerous scientific contributions. He worked for 16 years at a Brussels law firm and joined Seeds of Law in 2022.
Qualification
Master in Laws, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Kuleuven), 2000, cum laude
Participation in international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, arguing before the International Court of Justice (Washington D.C., april 2000)
Languages
Dutch