Olivier Van Den Broeke
Baker McKenzie CVBA/SCRLThe insurance practice at Baker McKenzie CVBA/SCRL is noted for its ‘out of the box thinking, and client-oriented and resourceful approach’, with vast experience across insurance regulatory matters, insurance litigation, and re-organisations in the insurance sector. The firm regularly represents insurance clients in civil and administrative courts. Olivier Van Den Broeke co-leads the practice, with over 10 years' experience advising financial institutions and fintechs on high-profile insurance regulatory matters. Michael Van Acker also acts as head of the practice, with vast experience across both insurance and finance.
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'Out of the box thinking, and client-oriented and resourceful approach.'
‘High level of service. Very competent.’
Key clients
- AG Insurance NV
- Alexander Peter Wealth Management
- Amazon Insurance
- American Express
- Assuralia
- Baloise Belgium NV
- Cardif Lux Vie
- Cigna Life Insurance Europe NV
- Conservatrix N.V.
- Credendo
- Dekabank
- FCA Capital
- Febelfin
- Fidelity
- Generali Luxembourg
- Imperium Insurance
- Insurem Insurance Limited
- KBC Verzekeringen
- Lombard International Assurance
- Novus Underwriting
- Quilter International Ireland
Work highlights
- Assisting Baloise Belgium NV with the optimisation of a 1 billion EUR run-off life insurance portfolio in Belgium by entering into a reinsurance transaction with Reinsurance Group of America International.
- Representing Ingram Micro in a complex milestone insurance litigation against insurer Athora in front of the Brussels Court of Appeal and Belgium's Constitutional Court.
- Advising Credendo in over 25 jurisdictions on the insurance aspects of the cross-border offering of its unfunded risk participations in relation to loan facilities, bonding facilities and documentary credit facilities offered by banks to corporates or to other banks for refinancing purposes.
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Practice head
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Olivier Van den Broeke, Michael Van Acker