References
Stijn De Meulenaer is outstanding. He is to the point, is well-prepared, but keeps the human touch.
Client-oriented approach with large involvement of the partners.
Legal 500, Fraud and white-collar crime, Belgium
A major bank based in Belgium asked us to conduct an audit of how the bank handles internal and external fraud cases, and adjusted its fraud policy based on our recommendations.
The internal fraud department of a Belgian bank requested us to assist them in carrying out a fraud audit.
An internationally active Belgian SME requested us to draft a transparent and enforceable "fraud policy" for its staff members, which was embedded in a fraud procedure. In addition, we also drew up an emergency manual.
At a Belgian SME active in the wholesale of flowers and plants, together with an external fraud auditor, we uncovered a detailed fraud, on the basis of which the involved staff members were dismissed for urgent cause. The damage was fully recovered via a settlement agreement after a protective attachment was levied.
A Belgian company that trades worldwide and sometimes receives payments from politically risky regions was confronted with a criminal protective attachment on its bank account, which was the result of a money laundering report. On the basis of a detailed report demonstrating the legal origin of the payments, the lifting of the seizure was ordered and the criminal file was closed.
We defended the interests of a company active in the meat sector that was suspected of having committed various social law infringements.
A Belgian entrepreneur had to answer before the criminal court because he was trading in Belgium through an English Ltd. company. Through our intervention, the fact that the man had already received a tax sanction was taken into account when determining the penalty.
We defended the interests of a statutory auditor who was summoned before the criminal judge by the Public Prosecutor's Office along with the client he audited as an accomplice to the committed fraud.
A consumer organisation requested us to file a complaint with a civil party claim against a rogue advertising recruiter who had already been convicted multiple times in commercial law, which led to a criminal conviction and the definitive cessation of the rogue practices.
A wealthy individual had to answer before the criminal court because it had come to light that he held substantial assets in a Swiss bank account. The court acquitted the man because we were able to demonstrate that his assets had a legal origin.
We defended the interests of a natural person who was summoned before the criminal court for his involvement in an alleged VAT carousel.
We regularised the wealth held abroad (in personal accounts or concealed through structures) of many wealthy individuals, which enabled them to use their savings again in Belgium
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