About

Provided by Tiberghien

Our private clients practice is the largest at the Belgian bar. We advise families and their business over several generations, following them, their families and businesses worldwide.

We advise on:

  • prenuptial agreements  
  • gifts and entails 
  • governance structures (partnerships, holdings, Dutch/Belgian trust office foundations, etc.)  
  • family governance 
  • investments (insurance products, private equity, real estate, art,...)
  • wills and agreements as to succession
  • transfers of family businesses
  • inheritance disputes
  • formal ruling with the federal, regional and local tax administrations
  • family foundations, trusts and philanthropy
  • corporate income tax
  • Cayman tax
  • HR tax law 
  • voluntary disclosure
  • cross-border migration of individuals
  • family law, mediation and litigation
  • tax compliance and litigation 
  • conflict guidance and mediation
  • economic analysis and valuations

We can rely on specialized estate planners and on in-house civil law practitioners, mediators, tax and family law litigators, the all-round expertise of a full service corporate tax firm and our economists (Tiberghien economics). The latter assist us by performing valuations and in determining the appropriate interest rates, debt/equity ratio, etc. when structuring assets for private clients. 

We have an extensive (inter)national network; our private clients practice is represented in many networks such as IBA, IFA, STEP, AIJA, IAETL, ACTC, IAFL, EPSG.

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Private Wealth Law - Belgium

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What the Team is Known For

Tiberghien provides in-depth tax, civil and corporate law advice to private clients on both a domestic and an international basis. Its lawyers advise on prenuptial agreements, relocation matters, and complex tax and estate planning.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Alain Van Geel
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Alain Van Geel
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Alain Van Geel has experience in family law, estate planning, inheritance and matrimonial property issues.

Alain Van Geel is one of the best private wealth lawyers in Belgium. He combines deep legal knowledge with creativity and pragmatism in looking for solutions.

Alain Van Geel has very impressive knowledge in international tax and trusts matters.

He is a very well-known name in the market and has a great reputation; rightly so, given his depth of expertise.

Gerd D. Goyvaerts
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Gerd D. Goyvaerts
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Gerd Goyvaerts handles domestic and cross-border tax structuring and planning for private clients.

Gerd is very professional and well informed in tax for international clients. He is very good with clients and is very thorough.

Emilie Van Goidsenhoven
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Emilie Van Goidsenhoven
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Emilie Van Goidsenhoven is a specialist in cross-border work, particularly for French-speaking clients. Her work includes international tax matters and relocation work.

Emilie Van Goidsenhoven is super professional and a key expert in international tax law.

Emilie is a superb lawyer to work with. She's extremely skilled in structuring for cross-border UHNW individuals. She's capable of explaining complicated structuring and tax laws in simple words.

I admire the depth of Emilie's knowledge: her ability to connect the dots, the clarity of how she explains technical points and how she guides us towards a best-in-class solution.

Romina Abiuso
Romina Abiuso
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Romina Abiuso's work includes domestic and international wealth structuring for wealthy individuals and families, with particular expertise in Belgian-Italian tax planning matters.

I've found Romina and her team to be very responsive and very timely in their work. We enjoy working with them.

Romina Abiuso is an international tax expert with incredible expertise. She's a very good expert in Italy-Belgium tax cases.

Ranked Individuals at
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Private Wealth Law

Alain Van Geel
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Alain Van Geel
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Band 1
Gerd D. Goyvaerts
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Gerd D. Goyvaerts
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Band 1
Emilie Van Goidsenhoven
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Emilie Van Goidsenhoven
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Band 2
Romina Abiuso
Romina Abiuso
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Members

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Dominique De Bie

Griet Vanden Abeele

Larissa De Wulf

Walter Verlinden