Bart Bellen

Practice Areas

Bart Bellen is a specialist in corporate law and M&A, and also advises on certain other business law matters.

Bart advises individuals, companies and (international) associations, and assists them with corporate and commercial transactions, as well as contentious proceedings. He handles cross-border M&A transactions and multi-jurisdictional corporate restructurings, litigation and arbitration.

Career

Bart is a founding partner of contrast. He heads the corporate and M&A team. Bart regularly gives guest lectures at the Universities of Ghent and Leuven.

Professional Memberships

Bart Bellen is a member of the Brussels and New York Bar. He is also an adivsor to the Tax & Legal Committee of the Belgian Venture & Private Equity Association (BVA).

Publications

His publications include the book ‘Share Purchase Agreements – Belgian Law and Practice’ (Antwerp/Cambridge, Intersentia, 2016), the M&A Survey (TRV/RPS 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2021) and ‘M&A Kroniek / Chronique de jurisprudence en M&A (2000-2017)’, a review of 18 years of M&A related jurisprudence published by TRV/RPS in 2019.