Mr Alain Van Geel > Tiberghien > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Tiberghien
AVENUE DU PORT 86C/419
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Work Department

Estate Tax

Position

Partner

Career

Alain Van Geel is a partner at Tiberghien. As a lawyer, his area expertise mainly focuses on Belgian and international family law, matrimonial property law, gifts and donations, inheritance law and law of succession as well as (national and international) estate planning in particular with respect to the aspects of Belgian and international civil law.

He is a member of several editorial boards. He lectors at the UAMS (University of Antwerp Management School), the Flanders Business School and the Belgian private banking association on (national and international) estate planning and Belgian international private law.

He is a regular speaker at seminars and author of several estate planning related articles in Belgian periodicals.

Languages

Dutch, French, English.

Memberships

Member of the editorial staff of the “Algemeen Fiscaal Tijdschrift” (AFT).
Member of the editorial staff of the “Nieuwsbrief Successierechten”.
Member of the editorial staff of the “Nieuwsbrief notariaat”.
Lector at the UAMS (University of Antwerp Management School) on estate planning and Belgian international private law.
Member of the Brussels Bar.

Education

University of Leuven (Lic. Iuris, 1992)

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Tax

Boutique firm Tiberghien is a market leader in comprehensive tax advice, covering all aspects of tax law for clients ranging from private individuals to multinational enterprises. Under the close guidance of Koen Morbée, Robin Minjauw leads the corporate tax team as well as the firm’s dedicated team for Belgian headquartered international corporations. Other notable names include Claudine Bodeux for real estate transactions and structuring; Stijn Vastmans for VAT; Emilie Van Goidsenhoven and Griet Vanden Abeele for private client and international estate planning; Vincent Vercauteren for income tax; and Alain Van Geel for family law-related tax matters. Tax procedural and criminal tax law specialist Christophe Dillen was promoted to partner in January 2023.