Pieter Wouters

Forming close working relationships with his clients, Pieter delivers pragmatism, broad experience and technical versatility in all matters.

Pieter primarily handles many complex litigation cases in the areas of contract law, corporate law, insolvency & restructuring law, sureties, banking law and contracts.

He has a master’s in law from the University of Antwerp (UA) (2004), and a special degree in international and European law from the Catholic University Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL) (2005).

Furthermore, from 2007-2010, Pieter was a part-time assistant at the Institute for the Law of Obligations at the Catholic University Leuven (KUL) law faculty.

Languages: Dutch, French, English
Admitted to the Brussels Bar: 2005

Experience

28.09.2018 BE law
Paul Van der Putten and Pieter Wouters assist Nyobe NV with its judicial reorganisation procedure

Experience - Paul Van der Putten and Pieter Wouters are acting for Nyobe in the context of its reorganisation.

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Team: Paul Van der Putten, Pieter Wouters
16.03.2010 BE law
Stibbe advises on the management- and operation-restructuring of 3 regional airports in Flanders

Experience - Assisting the Flemish government on the management- and operation-restructuring of 3 regional airports in Flanders (Ostend-Bruges, Kortrijk-Wevelgem, Antwerp).

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Team: Elisabeth Matthys, Wim Panis, Frederik Vandendriessche, Rony Vermeersch, Dieter Demuynck, Leen De Vuyst, Pieter Wouters, Tom Ruys
21.01.2009 BE law
Stibbe assists Vandemoortele in the private sale of Alpro to Dean Foods

Experience - Assisting Vandemoortele with the EUR 325 million divestment of its soy foods division, known under the trademarks Alpro and Provamel, to Dean Foods Company.

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Team: Jérôme Aubertin, Pascal Vanden Borre, Wouter Ghijsels, Erik Valgaeren, Ignace Vernimme, Pieter Wouters
26.09.2008 BE law
Stibbe advises on the tax structuring of a large development project

Experience - Advising a leading European real estate investor and developer on the tax structuring of a new football stadium site that has a hotel complex and office and residential space.

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Team: Pascal Vanden Borre, Jan Bouckaert, David D'Hooghe, Rudy Nauwelaerts, Wim Panis, Paul Van der Putten, Rony Vermeersch, Pieter Wouters, Elisabeth Baeyens
12.02.2004 BE law
Stibbe advises on the first hybrid settlement case ever before the EU Commission

Experience - Assisting several companies in the energy, chemicals and manufacturing industry in the aftermath of the competition law investigation and decision of the EC Commission on issues of confidentiality, access to the file, damage claims.

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Team: Wouter Ghijsels, Peter Wytinck, Pieter Wouters, Tom Ruys

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24.11.2020 BE law

Webinar: Intellectual Property Rights and Insolvency Proceedings

Speaking slot - Agoria, Belgium’s largest sectorial employers’ federation of technology driven companies, patent office V.O. and Stibbe jointly organise a webinar on the main aspects of insolvency proceedings and their impact on intellectual property rights.

21.05.2019 BE law

The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Recovery & Insolvency 2019 - Belgian chapter

Articles - This Guide covers common issues in corporate recovery and insolvency - including issues that arise when a company is in financial difficulties, insolvency procedures, cross-border issues - in 30 jurisdictions. Pieter Wouters and Paul Van der Putten of Stibbe Brussels' Litigation department contributed to the Belgian chapter of the ICLG.

22.05.2020 BE law

International Comparative Legal Guide to Restructuring & Insolvency 2020 - Belgium chapter

Articles - The Belgium Chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Restructuring & Insolvency 2020 is online. The publication, authored by Paul Van der Putten and Pieter Wouters, covers common topics in restructuring and insolvency, including issues that arise when a company is in financial difficulties, restructuring options, insolvency procedures, tax, employees, and cross-border issues in 27 jurisdictions.

13.02.2019 EU law

'GDPR 360°' - Interaction between GDPR and other key legal domains

Seminar - Erik Valgaeren, Partner TMT, and his team organize a seminar which focuses on the interaction between GDPR and litigation, corporate law, administrative law and employment law.

28.04.2020 BE law

Cease fire on troubled companies! Royal Decree temporarily suspends enforcement

Short Reads - Last week Royal Decree No. 15 on the temporary suspension of enforcement measures and other measures during the COVID-19 crisis was published, which created a temporary moratorium whereby any debtor-company is in principle protected against protective and enforcement measures and against being declared bankrupt.

26.09.2017 BE law

Belgian act on security interests in movable property - Rules for operation and fees for users of the National Pledge Register

Articles - In 2013 Belgian Parliament enacted the Belgian Act on security rights in movable property of 11 July 2013 (the “Act”). This new legislation envisaged the creation of an electronic, online National Pledge Register so that a pledge on movable assets can be created between pledgor and pledgee and perfected by registering the pledge and without dispossession or loss of control of the pledged assets.

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