Counsel
Corporate Law - Commercial and Economic Law
Joost Van Genechten started his career as a lawyer at the Antwerp Bar in 2020.
Within corporate law, Joost focuses on dispute resolution. He represents clients in courts and tribunals, mainly in corporate law matters (shareholder disputes, director’s liability, etc.) and insolvency law matters (including judicial reorganisation proceedings).
In 2022, Joost joined Andersen in Belgium, where he further focuses on corporate and insolvency law proceedings in the corporate law team.
In addition, since 2023, Joost has been teaching the subject “Transfer of trade funds” as part of the professional training course Real Estate Broker, organised by Syntra Brussels.
Publications:
Expertises
Litigation and Arbitration
Liability and Insurance
Employment Law
Insolvency Law
Commercial and Economic Law
Corporate Law and M&A
Qualification
Languages
19.03.2025
•Corporate Law and M&A
The Code Buysse has served as a guideline for good corporate governance in non-listed companies since 2005. Recently, a new version of the Code Buysse was introduced. In this article, we analyze the content and legal value of this corporate governance code.
26.08.2024
•Commercial and Economic Law
Since December 2020, the Code of Economic Law (WER/CDE) has considered a number of clauses to be ‘unlawful’ in a B2B context. But specifically for commercial partnership agreements in the (convenience) supermarket sector, a range of additional unlawful terms are now being considered. We look at the precise implications of these new rules below.