Xanne Holvoet > Impact lawyers > LEUVEN, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Impact lawyers
MC-Square Leuven Philipssite 5, bus 1
3000 Leuven
3000
Belgium

Work Department

  • not-for-profit, social profit and impact economy

Position

  • founding partner
  • transactional, advisory work and litigation with an emphasis on:
  1. company and non/social profit law;
  2. intellectual property;
  3. governance projects.

Career

  • founding partner at impact advocaten, since 2019
  • founder and member of the board of directors of Magazijn De Snoek vzw, socio-cultural not-for-profit organization, since 2018
  • lawyer at Curia, 2018
  • lawyer at Altius, 2013 – 2017
  • trainee/lawyer at the European Patent Office Munich (Chambers of appeal), 2012

Languages

  • Dutch (mothertongue)
  • English (fluent)

Memberships

  • ETION
  • The Shift
  • GAIL (Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers)
  • BE-impact

Education

  • Master of law (KU Leuven and University of Southampton, 2010 – 2012)
  • Practice course Contract Design M&A (KU Leuven, 2011 – 2012)
  • Bachelor of law (KU Leuven, 2007 – 2010)

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Not-for-profit

(Rising stars)

Xanne HolvoetImpact lawyers

Certified BCorp Impact lawyers offers non-profits a ‘ winning combination of knowledge of the sector, expertise in the field and the creativity to come to good solutions‘. Areas of expertise include alternative litigation techniques, public-private cooperation and hybrid collaborations between not-for-profits and for-profits, and the legal framework of social enterprises. Marleen Denef, praised for possessing ‘holistic, in-depth knowledge in her field’, co-leads the practice alongside alternative litigation expert Coralie Mattelaer and transactional expert Benoit Spitaels. Xanne Holvoet‘s expertise in intellectual property and data protection is an important asset for the team.