V V G B Advocaten-Avocats

Corporate Practice

Partner (Co-founder)

Peter Verhaeghe is the managing partner of VVGB Advocaten / Avocats. His areas of expertise include corporate, corporate finance, contract and tax law. He has extensive industry related experience and knowledge in the biotech, pharmaceutical, consumer products, retail and media sectors of the economy.

Mr. Verhaeghe represents major European, American and Asian multinationals and medium-size enterprises in all sectors of the economy. He has significant corporate and tax experience in advising clients on the establishment and functioning of holding and trade companies as well as, distribution and service centers in Europe. He has also extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, structuring and negotiating joint ventures, privatizations of state-owned enterprises, project finance, and private equity transactions in all sectors of the economy, real estate transactions and all kinds of debt and equity offerings. In addition, Mr. Verhaeghe has represented over the years several media and entertainment groups, as well as numerous biotech and pharmaceutical companies with respect to their intellectual property rights and the legal and tax aspects of their financing needs. In the Benelux Mr. Verhaeghe has acted as lead counsel to companies such as Tibotec-Virco, Galapagos, Movetis, Biocartis, As Adventure, Merisant, Fenwal, Monsanto.

Mr. Verhaeghe has acted as lead counsel for direct investment, private placements, public offerings, project finance and privatization projects in various countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Russia, Morocco and the United States of America.

English, Dutch, German and French

Member of the Brussels Bar (A-List)

LL.M, Harvard Law School, USA (1984) JD, KU Leuven, Belgium (1981)