Morgan Bonneure

Practice Areas

After joining the Litigation & White-Collar Defense department at Allen & Overy in Brussels in 2015, Morgan later moved to the criminal defense department at Hirsch & Vanhaelst, where he became a partner in 2022.

Morgan advises and represents both Belgian and international clients, including corporations and high-ranking individuals (CEOs, directors, etc.), in cases involving economic and financial crimes.

His areas of expertise include public and private corruption, money laundering, serious tax and social fraud, cybercrime, environmental crimes, and abuse of corporate assets. He is frequently involved in complex, cross-border matters, with a practice that covers European and international criminal law, including international and European arrest warrants, immunity for foreign heads of state, and universal jurisdiction.

Morgan holds an LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics and is a researcher at UCLouvain, a Belgian university. He has authored several legal publications, including in the field of tax criminal law, and is a regular speaker at seminars and training programs.

Professional Memberships

- Researcher at UCLouvain ;

- Member of the European Criminal Bar Association.

Publications

M. Bonneure, "Procédure pénale fiscale" (pp. 941-1038), in Manuel de procédure fiscale, 4th ed., 2025, Anthemis;

M. Gossiaux et M. Bonneure, « Fraude fiscale : points d’attention en procédures fiscale et pénale », Bulletin de l’Ordre des Experts-Comptables, 2022, n° 41, pp. 7 à 12 ;

M. Bonneure, “Arrêt “Autorité des marchés financiers”: délit d’initié et travail journaliste », Journal de droit européen, 2022, n°9, pp.429 et s ;

M. Bonneure, ” Arrêt “Consob” : délit d’initié et droit au silence des personnes physiques et morales”, Journal de droit européen, 2021, n° 8, pp. 387 et s.

M. Fernandez-Bertier et M. Bonneure, « Le point sur quelques réformes législatives récentes : la responsabilité pénale des personnes morales, la transaction pénale, la saisie et la confiscation spéciale, et la lutte antiblanchiment », Droit pénal de l’entreprise, 2018/2, p. 156.

M. Bonneure et M. Fernandez-Bertier, « Habemus exsecutorem ! : la création du Parquet européen », Journal de droit européen, 2018, n° 2, p. 42.

Education