Insolvency law

‘Enterprise means risk.’

You know the adage. And with good reason. It is the risk which leads to success or failure. But if the risk of failure is punished too harshly, that also means less chance of success.

We also like to help you in the difficult times.

Over the years, we have built up an extensive track record in the areas of:

Supervision and assistance for companies in difficulties: from acting preventively and looking for tailored solutions in close consultation with the client and the economic professional to corporate assistance and organising seminars;
Legal, procedural and strategic assistance with an application for judicial reorganisation (various types): amicable agreement, collective agreement and transfer under a court order;
Legal and procedural supervision and assistance with other insolvency procedures such as liquidations and bankruptcies for entrepreneurs in difficulties (requests for bankruptcy or liquidation with or without a deficit, applications for remission of outstanding debts, bankruptcy follow-up, director’s liability, etc.);
Legal and procedural supervision of creditors of an entrepreneur in difficulties;
Legal and procedural assistance to directors since they have to be mindful of the risk of liability in the event of a bankruptcy (e.g. if they fail to react in time or were to enter into commitments which the company could no longer honour in view of the circumstances): from giving advice to a prudent director so that he or she knows how to act in order to avoid liability to legal assistance in the event of legal action.

Apart from a sound knowledge of insolvency law, our lawyers also have special expertise in company law, banking law, corporate law and attachment & execution law and it is precisely this specific combination of knowledge which enables us to provide a well considered solution tailored to your company.

Our team


		
	
			
						
					
						
																
									PartnerBert Bekaert
								
						
					
				
							
					
						
																
									PartnerAlexandre Roy
								
						
					
				
							
					
						
																
									PartnerChristophe Bourtembourg
								
						
					
				
					
		
			
					
						
						
							
							
						
					
					
	
		
			
							
			
				Partner
Bert Bekaert
Bert Bekaert graduated with distinction in 2003 with a master’s degree in law at Leuven University. After that, he took economic studies at the Roman Catholic University of Louvan-La-Neuve and did a work placement at the United Nations in New York. In 2011, he obtained a master’s degree in corporate law at the HUB.
 
Bert is a partner in the Ghent office of Everest and has an extensive track record in commercial law, insolvency law, and book-keeping law. He has already successfully advised several companies in bankruptcy proceedings and in procedures of judicial reorganisation. Moreover, Bert gives seminars on the application of the judicial reoganisation and publishes on this subject as well.
 
Bert has also been put on the list of curators of the Court of Commerce at Ghent, divisions of Ghent and Oudenaarde. He lectures on company law, companies in difficulties and director liability. Moreover, Bert Bekaert also has an extensive track record in banking law (assistance for banking agencies and debtors). Due to his vast experience in specific matters, he and his colleagues are often consulted by economic professionals such as book keepers and accountants.
Email:bert.bekaert@everest-law.be
Tel:+32 (0)9/334.94.70 
Areas of expertise:Insolvency law; Company law; Banking and finance law
			
		
	


	
		
			
							
			
				Partner
Alexandre Roy
Alexandre Roy holds a master’s degree in law from the Roman Catholic University of Leuven (2001) and in 2003 he obtained a master’s degree in finance at the Vlerick School of Management.
 
After gaining five years of work experience in the banking and financial sector, Alexandre joined the Brussels bar in 2008. He is a partner in the Brussels office of Everest.
 
Alexandre Roy practises mainly company law, insolvency law, and banking and finance law.
Email:alexandre.roy@everest-law.eu
Tel:+32 (0)2/640.44.00
Areas of expertise:Company law; Insolvency law; Banking and finance law
			
		
	


	
		
			
							
			
				Partner
Christophe Bourtembourg
Christophe Bourtembourg obtained a master’s degree in law with great distinction at the Roman Catholic University of Leuven in 2012 (thesis: “Promises of contract: reflection on the opportunity of an uniform legal regime. Overview of European and comparative law”).
Christophe also graduated with great distinction at the Institute of European Studies of the Free University of Brussels in 2013 with an additional master’s degree in European law and has been a member of the Brussels bar since 2014.
 
He joined Everest Brussels in 2018 and practises mainly insolvency law, company law, commercial law and contract law. He operates mainly in French, but he also assists his clients in English and Dutch.
 
Christophe Bourtembourg is appointed regularly as a curator at the French-speaking Court of Commerce in Brussels.
Email:christophe.bourtembourg@everest-law.eu
Tel:+32 (0)2/640.44.00
Areas of expertise:Insolvency law; Company law; Corporate law and contracts