Gert-Jan is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Brussels Bar (Dutch-speaking section), and is an Honorary President of the Vlaams Pleitgenootschap bij de Balie te Brussel.
Gert-Jan is a counsel in our Brussels Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations (LAI) practice.
He has extensive experience with collective redress matters, having represented clients in three out of 13 class actions brought in Belgium as well as various other collective redress matters. Gert-Jan has authored several articles on class actions, including an overview of the case law rendered by the Belgian courts since the entry into force of the Belgian class action regime. He is a regular speaker on the topic, and his expertise has led him to be part of the team that advised the Belgian administration on the transposition into Belgian law of the European Collective Redress Directive and related changes to Belgium's class action law. In addition, Gert-Jan undertook a secondment in the class action department of Allens, Linklaters' best friend firm, in Sydney, Australia. He has been lauded by clients in Legal500 as having “vast experience in class actions work”.
In addition, Gert-Jan has acted on some of the most important restructuring and insolvency matters in the Belgian market, both for financial institutions and creditors as well as for entities seeking to restructure their activities. He is a member of the Belgian Turnaround Association (BeTA).
In addition, Gert-Jan plays an active role at the Brussels bar, having served in various roles in the Young Lawyers Association (JABkes – Jonge Advocaten Brussel), including as vice-president, and in the Brussels professional association for lawyers (Vlaams Pleitgenootschap bij de Balie te Brussel), including as president and currently as honorary president. Gert-Jan is currently a member of the Board of the Brussels Bar Association.
Gert-Jan holds a masters in law from the Catholic University of Leuven as well as an LL.M. from the University of Chicago.
Gert-Jan obtained his bachelors degree in law from the Catholic University of Leuven and undertook an Erasmus exchange to the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Gert-Jan's recent published works include:
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