Private Wealth Law
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : Belgium
Band 2
Contact number
+32 2 743 43 43About
Provided by Loyens & Loeff
Our Family Owned Business & Private Wealth team provides bespoke and personal advice to (ultra) high-net-worth individuals, family offices, investment managers, private equity firms and multinational enterprises. We take a co-operative and forward-thinking approach, anticipating social dynamics, and helping our clients to make the right choices.
What can clients expect from us?
1. Tax and legal structuring of family-owned businesses
2. Advice on the management and supervision of the family-owned business and wealth
3. Protection of wealth and privacy
4. Tax and legal structuring of succession planning (private equity, real estate, funds)
5. Support for emigration and/or repatriation
6. Tax and legal structuring of valuable assets
7. Advice on prenuptial agreements and last wills
8. Establishing (family) foundations and charitable organisations
9. Pension provision
What makes us unique?
We have a fully-integrated collaboration between tax and civil lawyers. This allows us to efficiently transform complex tax and legal issues into pragmatic solutions. Questions are considered and addressed from various perspectives, and we are completely independent from accountants. Our clients can also draw on specialist tax and legal knowledge of the rules in our four home markets (the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland) and our global (business) network.
Chambers Review
The Loyens & Loeff team acts for a broad spectrum of high net worth clients, including entrepreneurs, executives and families. Loyens & Loeff draws on its cross-border capabilities to assist clients with private wealth and family business matters, such as wealth transfer planning, corporate income tax, immigration, trusts, foundations and marital agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Loyens & Loeff has key specialists in all kind of tax developments. The team meets the highest standard and questions are answered in a very detailed manner even in off-working hours."
"Loyens & Loeff has a very efficient, pragmatic and straightforward approach. The team is large and manages all private wealth aspects. I was walked through all options in the decision-making process."
"Loyens & Loeff has key specialists in all kind of tax developments. The team meets the highest standard and questions are answered in a very detailed manner even in off-working hours."
"Loyens & Loeff has a very efficient, pragmatic and straightforward approach. The team is large and manages all private wealth aspects. I was walked through all options in the decision-making process."
Notable Practitioners
Saskia Lust regularly advises wealthy clients on international asset structuring matters and co-leads the firm's family-owned business and private wealth practice.
"Saskia is very attentive to private client matters and this is very much appreciated."
Nicolas Bertrand frequently advises high net worth individuals and family-owned businesses on complex tax issues, inheritance planning, wealth structuring and wealth optimisation techniques.
"Nicolas Bertrand is an excellent professional, with great responsiveness. He is good at listening to the issues presented and delivers advice quickly, accurately and with an international overview."