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Impact lawyers Offices
MC-Square Leuven Philipssite 5, bus 1
3000 Leuven
3000
Belgium
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Coralie Mattelaer
Work Department
- not-for-profit, social profit and impact economy
Position
- founding partner
- expert in company and non/social profit law, with an emphasis on:
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- participative accompaniment of multistakeholder projects such as governance projects, mergers and broader partnership projects in non and social profit organisations incl. hybrids;
- mediation processes and conflict management;
- transactional work, mainly with regard to mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, establishements, restructurings and transformations of non and social profit organisations incl. hybrids;
- advisory work in the aforementioned domains.
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Career
- founding partner at impact advocaten, since 2019
- counsel at intui, 2017 – 2019
- senior associate at intui, 2013 – 2017
- lawyer at Curia, 2010 – 2013
- lawyer at Matray, Matray & Hallet, 2008 – 2009
- lawyer at Maréchal, Wenric, Vito & Rosu, 2006 – 2007
Languages
- Dutch (mothertongue)
- French (mothertongue)
- English (fluent)
- German (fluent)
Memberships
- ETION
- The Shift
- GAIL (Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers)
- BE-impact
- Community Land Trust Leuven – member of the board
Education
- certified expert multistakeholder and participation management (2021)
- certified mediator in civil and commercial matters (Brussels, 2019)
- Master of law (KU Leuven, 2003-2005 / Hümboldt Universität Berlin 2005 – 2006)
- Bachelor of law (F.U.N.D.P. Namur, 2001 – 2003)
Leisure
- ceramics and pottery
- gardening
- reading
- walking and talking
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Not-for-profit
(Leading partners)Impact lawyers is a niche law firm for not-for-profits and social enterprises. The specialised team stands out for representing clients in mediation and litigation, providing practical advice across the sector, often acting for clients in the healthcare space. Notably, Marleen Denef
co-founded the firm and has almost 30 years of experience in the sector, focusing on advising clients on organisational questions, as well as representing clients in precedent-setting litigation. Fellow co-founder Coralie Mattelaer specialises in all types of technical transactional and advisory work relating to non-profit matters, and stands out for her conflict management skills. Benoit Spitaels, the firm’s third co-founder, is widely recognised for his expertise in transactional work, organisational issues and tax matters relating to the charity sector.