Qualifications
- Ghent University Master of Laws (with honors)
Languages
Charles is a trilingual business lawyer with 10+ years’ experience, advising and representing clients in all fields of domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration.
He has vast experience in foreign investment protection, asset recovery, sanctions and compliance, Banking & Finance, M&A, distribution law, EU business law and immigration law.
His practice predominantly focuses on foreign clients such as private equity firms, family offices, asset managers, investment banks, private banks, industrial groups and high net worth individuals.
Being trilingual allows him to advise and represent clients in English, French and Dutch.
He is also a member of the International Bar Association, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and the Brussels Chamber of Commerce.
Charles is a partner at 186 Avocats and is in charge of its Brussels office. Prior to joining 186 Avocats he worked for a leading Belgian firm and also for numerous years at US law firms Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Jones Day.