Legal contributions

“General Principles” (Chapter 1), “General Rules for Attachment of Real Property” (Chapter 15), and “Attachment of Real Property” ( Chapter 18),
in *Beslagzakboekje 2026*, Kluwer, 2025, pp. 1–45, 567–596, and 675–693, respectively.

“Optimism in (Attachment) Law, Thanks to Article 6 of the ECHR,“ Opening Address to the Ghent Bar Association,
Solemn Opening of the 2025–2026 Judicial Year, in Strop&Toga, Issue 65, 4–22.
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“A Brief Overview of the Right of Attachment, with a Focus on Creditors and the Order of Priority,”
in BRULOOT, D. (ed.), Legal Chronicle for the Notarial Profession—Volume 46, Knops Publishing, 2025, 1–33.

“Account Information 2.0: Greater Asset Transparency for More Efficient Third-Party Attachment,”
TIBR 2025, Issue 1, RL-1–RL-14.

“Commentary on Article 1539bis of the Civil Code (Account Information and Attachment of Third-Party Assets),”
in Comm.Ger., Kluwer, 2025, Issue 135, 1–14.

‘ Reopen your cold case: request for account information simplified’,
RW 2023-24, no. 42, 1642.

Can a public buyer seek recourse in the event of an artificially inflated price?
(note under Cass. 17 November 2022), TIBR 2024, no. 1, RS-68.

“Commentary on Articles XX.21 through XX.38 of the Code of Economic Law,”
in *Annotated Corporate Law 2024–2025*, Die Keure, 2024, 887–898 (early warning, chambers for companies in financial distress, provisional measures, and out-of-court settlements outside of judicial reorganization).

“Bailiff’s Duty to Investigate in the Public Sale of a Vehicle,”
(note under Antwerp, October 17, 2022), TIBR 2023, Issue 2, RS-71.

“Forfeiture of a penalty payment after a grace period: Pay Attention to the Starting Point,”
(note under Cass. Sept. 2, 2022), TIBR 2023, Issue 1, RS-109.

“Mortgage Creditor’s Security Expanded: Civil Fruits Also Become Real Property After Bankruptcy,”
(note under Cass. Dec. 9, 2021), TIBR 2022, Issue 1, RS-176.

“Credit Facility, Loan, and Reinvestment Fee: The Story Goes On & On & On,”
(analysis of the Supreme Court decision of February 3, 2022), Corporate Finance Lab, March 22, 2022.

“Objection to Rent Payments Following an Executive Real Property Attachment and a Debtor’s Declaration (Art. 1576 of the Civil Code),”
(note under Ghent, October 8, 2019), RW 2021-22, Issue 15, 597–601.

“Commentary on Article 1576 of the Civil Code,”
in Comm.Ger., Kluwer, 2021, Issue 122, 1–30 (seizure of and opposition to rent and lease payments following an executory attachment of real property).

“The Catch-22 of Judicial Reorganization: Balancing an Open Portal with the Fight Against Abuse,”
TBH 2021, Issue 6, 817–827.

“Litigating through or against (or serving a summons on and enforcing a judgment against) a bankrupt,”
(note under Cass. Oct. 11, 2018), RW 2020-21, Issue 18, 702–705.

“Can a right of first refusal be exercised subject to the real estate agent’s fees?”,
(note under Ghent, November 12, 2019), RABG 2020, Issue 15, 1268–1271.

“Investment Credit and Reinvestment Compensation. Light at the end of the tunnel following recent Supreme Court rulings?”,
(discussion of Supreme Court rulings of April 27, 2020, and June 18, 2020), Corporate Finance Lab, August 13 , 2020.

“The Nuanced Obligation for Separate Parties to File a Claim in Bankruptcy,”
(note under Cass. Jan. 16, 2020, and Cass. Mar. 12, 2020), TIBR 2020, Issue 2, RS-3-5.

“No surprises for now due to the coronavirus? Royal Decree No. 15 imposes far-reaching restrictions on precautionary attachment of movable property,”
Corporate Finance Lab, April 29, 2020.

‘Recent developments regarding precautionary attachment and urgency: is a lack of voluntary payment and/or contestation sufficient?’,
(note under Ghent 5 March 2019), TIBR 2020, issue 1, RS-49-55.

“Is it already possible to file a request for account information (Art. 1447/1 of the Civil Code)?”,
RW 2019-20, Issue 12, 442.

“Public Sales of Real Estate Have Become Easier,”
Juristenkrant 2018, Issue 373, 10.