Ms Lizelotte De Maeyer > Stibbe > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Stibbe
CENTRAL PLAZA
LOKSUMSTRAAT 25/ RUE DE LOXUM 25
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Work Department

Tax

Position

Counsel

Career

Lizelotte De Maeyer specialises in Belgian and international tax law at transactional, advisory, and litigation level. Lizelotte’s practice focuses on Belgian and international corporate tax law and taxation of real estate transactions. She represents clients before the administrative and judicial courts and assists them regularly in seeking tax rulings.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, German

Education

  • Exchange programme at the Hofstra University School of Law, New York, United States (August 2010–December 2010)
  • Master’s degree in Law from Ghent University (2011)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Tax Law from the Université libre de Bruxelles (2012)
  • Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2012
  • Tax associate at the Brussels office of an independent Belgian law firm (2012–2018)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Taxation from the New York University School of Law, United States, as a Fulbright Scholar (2016)
  • Legal intern at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Financing for Development Office) in New York with a New York University ITP scholarship (2016)
  • With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2018

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Tax

Integrated full-service Benelux firm Stibbe values close collaboration with its teams in Amsterdam and Luxembourg in bolstering its Belgian tax practice, which is particularly strong in tax litigation, transfer pricing, and transactions, as well as tax legislative work. Indirect taxation expert Wim Panis heads the practice, with transactions and litigation specialist Henk Verstraete, corporate restructuring and financing-focused Giovanni Smet and procedural and litigation-experienced Lizelotte De Maeyer rounding out the team.