Tiberghien

Corporate Tax

Senior Counsel

As a partner between 1992 and 2023, Bernard Peeters helped Tiberghien grow nationally and internationally into the firm it is today. As from 2024, Bernard is attached to Tiberghien as a Senior Counsel. He has a special expertise in corporate tax, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, international and European tax planning as well as double tax treaties.

He is an assistant at the University of Brussels (VUB) in International and European tax law and is a frequent speaker at tax seminars in Belgium and abroad. In 2011, Bernard was appointed as Deputy Judge to the Antwerp Court of appeal. He was also included by Royal Decree of 20 July 2020 in the Belgian list of Independent persons of standing within the framework of the European Directive of 10 October 2017 on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the EU. In 2017, he became member of the Board of WTS Global, an international tax network.

Dutch, English, French, German.

Bernard is a member and former chair of the tax & legal committee of Invest Europe. He is also a member of the tax and legal committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (AMCHAM), the Belgian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (BVA), the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and the International Association of Tax Judges (IATJ).

He is a (former chief editor and) member of the editorial staff of the monthly newsletter "Fiscoloog Internationaal" and a member of the editorial staff of "Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht". He contributes regularly to fiscal-related publications.

University of Brussels, VUB (Master in business tax law, 1984) Fiscale Hogeschool Brussels, FHS (Tax graduate, 1983) University of Brussels, VUB (Master in law, 1981)