Bo De Clercq
Associate Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations, Brussels
"I assist national and international clients with their business related disputes, focusing on litigation, arbitration and investigations"
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Published works
Overview
Bo is an associate in the litigation, arbitration, and investigations department of the Brussels Office.
She has a strong interest in the restructuring and insolvency business, as well as post-M&A disputes. She closely monitors new legislative developments, particularly in relation to the new Civil Code and Criminal Code, B2B and B2C legislation, and company law.
She welcomes challenges eagerly, seeing them as opportunities to learn and continually enhance her abilities.
Work highlights
Bo represents and advises a wide range of national and international clients on a variety of topics:
- Representing an insurance company in post-M&A disputes, involving fraud claims
- Representing an industrial company in post-arbitration disputes
- Representing a pharmaceutical company in arbitration proceedings
- Advising and representing financial and corporate creditors and debtors in judicial reorganisation and bankruptcy proceedings
- Advising national and international clients on new legislation or legislative changes
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Bo holds a Master in Criminology and a Master in Law from Ghent University, both obtained summa cum laude. During her final year, she also participated in the Think & Talk Honours Programme.
Bo studied for 5 months in Finland (Helsinki), where she enrolled in an International Business Law Programme, primarily focusing on international arbitration and environmental litigation.
Published works
Bonnie has published the following:
- “Growshops in België,” in F. de Middeleer, S. van Nimwegen, R. Ceulen, S. Gerbrands and E. Roëvens, Illegale drugsmarkten in België en Nederland: Communicerende vaten? Eindrapport, Belspo, 2018.
- “Behaviour Detection. Evaluatie van het Belgisch opleidingsaanbod,” Gandaius, 2020.
- “Boek XIX van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht over schulden van de Consument,” TBH/RDC 2023.
- “Eerste evaluatie van de B2B-wet: un exercice bienvenu !,” TBH/RDC 2025.
Currently, Bo is also working on a new publication, focusing on the analysis of sales contracts under Book 7 Civil Code, under the supervision of Vincent Sagaert and Bernard Tilleman, and to be published in the series of Principles of Belgian Private Law of Kluwer.