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Leo Peeters

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Corporate Law and M&A / Commercial and Economic Law / Insolvency Law / Finance and Banking / Sustainability

Leo Peeters
+32 2 747 40 07
leo.peeters@be.Andersen.com
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As a strategic partner for our clients, I am always looking for the best solutions

Leo Peeters specializes in national and international corporate law and has assisted in a number of mergers and acquisitions, financings, and corporate restructurings.

He has extensive experience in contract law, commercial and economic law, banking and finance  law, insolvency law, distribution law, corporate contract law, real estate law, telecom law, and arbitration.

He advises entrepreneurs and their companies in the early stages of their endeavors, including finance, drafting and negotiation of contracts, acquisition and sales of companies or divisions, and also in the restructuring of companies in difficulty (insolvency, WCO and bankruptcy) or dissolution. In addition, Leo practices all aspects of law related to art and culture. Leo has acquired broad experience during a professional career as legal professional with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and as a partner with Ernst & Young. In 1998, he was the founding partner of Peeters Advocaten-Avocats in co-operation with Ernst & Young. He also later became a partner at two additional law firms.

In 2009, Leo founded Peeters Law.

In 2019, Leo and Peeters Law decided to join forces with Koen de Puydt and his team to found Seeds of Law, which has since become Andersen in Belgium.

Leo is a member of the Brussels Bar.


Publications:

  • Contribution to the report Doing Business 2017 “Equal Opportunity for All” of the World Bank Group.
  • Publications regarding corporate and commercial law in several businessreviews; 

Expertises

Sustainability

Sustainability

Finance and Banking

Finance and Banking

Insolvency Law

Insolvency Law

Commercial and Economic Law

Commercial and Economic Law

Corporate Law and M&A

Corporate Law and M&A

Qualification

  • Master of Laws (Lic. Iuris) - VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) - 1981
  • MBA (CEPAC) - ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles Solvay) - 1986
  • Financial Management - VLEKHO (Vlaamse Economische Hogeschool) - 1989

Languages

  • Dutch
  • French
  • English
  • German

Memberships

  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Andersen Global
  • Belgian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (Cepani)
  • European Association of SME Transfer (Transeo)
  • Art Law Foundation (Geneva)
  • Belgian Corporate Finance Association (BCFA)
  • Conferences and seminars

  • Legal training courses for tax legal and audit professionals and accountants in Belgium and abroad
  • Seminars with Chambers of Commerce on topics of corporate law and the insolvency legislation
  • Seminars on corporate law both to clients and internally within Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young
  • Seminars on the real estate UCITS legislation
  • Seminars on international private law aspects of merging and emigrating companies
  • Seminars on insolvency law with Kluwer Opleidingen
  • Client seminars regarding Corporate Governance
  • Legal News

    Court of Cassation clarifies: conditions attached to the renewal of a commercial lease may relate only solely to the new lease
    LEGAL NEWS

    04.03.2026

    Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS

    Court of Cassation clarifies: conditions attached to the renewal of a commercial lease may relate only solely to the new lease

    In its judgment of 16 February 2026 (C.25.0185.N), the Court of Cassation held that the conditions included by a commercial tenant in an application for lease renewal pursuant to Article 14 of the Commercial Lease Act may relate exclusively to the new lease agreement and not to the ongoing lease.

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    The new rules on consumer suretyship: what will change as from 2026?
    LEGAL NEWS

    02.03.2026

    Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS

    The new rules on consumer suretyship: what will change as from 2026?

    In a previous contribution, we examined in detail suretyship as a personal security under the new Book 9 of the Belgian Civil Code, as well as the way in which this security mechanism has been modernised and clarified.

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    Court of Cassation confirms the personal disciplinary liability of each individual real estate agent, including those operating within a real estate group
    LEGAL NEWS

    14.01.2026

    Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS

    Court of Cassation confirms the personal disciplinary liability of each individual real estate agent, including those operating within a real estate group

    By judgment of 18 December 2025, the Belgian Court of Cassation delivered a significant ruling in a disciplinary (disciplinary law / professional disciplinary proceedings) case against a real estate agent, with far-reaching consequences for the real estate profession.

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    Construction Law & Liability of the Architect
    LEGAL NEWS

    13.01.2026

    Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS

    Construction Law & Liability of the Architect

    In an important judgment of 19 December 2025 (C.25.0192.F), the Court of Cassation emphasized the fundamental importance of the architect’s duty of supervision when selecting the contractor, in particular with regard to the contractor’s access to the profession.

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