Coralie Mattelaer > 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
  • expert in company and non/social profit law, with an emphasis on:
      • 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.

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

(Next Generation Partners)

Coralie MattelaerImpact 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.