Kristof Maresceau

Kristof is a lawyer mainly specialising in (cross-border) corporate law. He advises both individual persons as well as companies on various aspects of corporate and commercial law.

He mainly focuses on advising clients with regard to national and international corporate transactions, such as mid market acquisitions and divestitures (M&A), the setting up of joint ventures, advice on corporate governance and general corporate law issues.

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Kristof is also a professor corporate law at the University of Ghent. He regularly publishes articles on (Belgian and European) corporate and insolvency law for which he has been awarded with the triennial international Pierre Coppens prize for law (2014-2017) and the TPR-prize (Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht) (2015).

Kristof Maresceau acted as an expert appointed by the Belgian Minister of Justice and was actively involved in the drafting of the new Belgian Companies Code.