Peeters, Leo

Leo Peeters

Office Managing Director/Partner

Phone+32 (0)2 747 40 07

Emailleo.peeters@be.Andersen.com

Leo Peeters specializes 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 in the early stages of their endeavors, including finance, drafting and negotiation of contracts, acquisition and sales of companies or divisions, and also in the restructuring of companies in difficulty (insolvency, WCO and bankruptcy) or dissolution.

In addition, Leo practices all aspects of law related to art and culture. Leo has acquired broad experience during a professional career as legal professional with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and as a partner with Ernst & Young. In 1998, he was the founding partner of Peeters Advocaten-Avocats in co-operation with Ernst & Young. He also later became a partner at two additional law firms.

In 2009, Leo founded Peeters Law. In 2019, Leo and Peeters Law decided to join forces with Koen De Puydt and his team to found Seeds of Law, which has since become Andersen in Belgium. Leo is a member of the Brussels Bar.

Firm

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Location

Location   Brussels, Belgium

Education

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel, LL.M.
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles, MBA
  • Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool (Financial Management)

Languages

  • English
  • Dutch
  • French
  • German

Affiliations

  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Belgian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (Cepani)
  • European Association of SME Transfer (Transeo)
  • Art Law Foundation (Geneva)

Areas of Specialization

  • Commercial and Economic, Insolvency, and Corporate Law
  • M&A
  • Agreements
  • Finance
  • Sustainability