Thomas De Clerck, Partner, KPMG Law Belgium

Thomas De Clerck

Partner | KPMG Law

I find it rewarding to pro-actively assist companies in their negotiations or drafting of agreements, helping clients avoid often unpredictable litigations.

How can I help

I can assist you in all the day-to-day legal challenges of your company. If you are specifically thinking about a take-over or restructuring, about professionalizing your legal documentation or you are negotiating a business deal, I can help you prepare, secure, and close the deal.

More about me

I love sports, architecture, and bringing people together to create (sometimes unexpected) new networks.

Areas of Expertise

Education and qualifications

Additional Master Commercial law, ULB University of Brussels, 2005
Master of Law, University of Leuven, 2004

Latest news

AI Act published

Start of the phased implementation.

Learn about the AI Act's phased implementation starting August 1, 2024, with key dates for compliance and enforcement.

16 Jul 2024

Business and Commercial

March 2024 Indexation

Publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette

With effect as of 1 March 2024, the costs for publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette will be increased.

01 Mar 2024

The quasi-immunity of the auxiliary person is no more

We hereby outline the main consequences of this legislative change for you.

Discover how the landscape of liability is shifting with the introduction of the new Book 6 of the Civil Code, abolishing the quasi-immunity of auxiliary persons.

22 Feb 2024

Business and Commercial

The new law of obligations

What you should know.

On 1 January 2023, Books 1 (General Provisions) and 5 (Obligations) of the new civil code will take effect. This legislation will balance contractual autonomy with the judge’s role in protecting weaker parties and the public interest.

21 Dec 2022

Business and Commercial

March 2022 Indexation

Publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette.

With effect from 1 March 2022, discover the costs for publication in the Annexes of the Belgian Official Gazette, as a result of their annual indexation.

14 Mar 2022

KPMG Law’s new manual on the Belgian Company Code

On 1 January 2020, the new Belgian Company Code entered into force.

The corporate team of K law has used this occasion to write one of the very first manuals on this new piece of legislation, which touches its core business.

20 Oct 2020

Company Code Update

Appeal submitted to the Constitutional Court

Appeal for partial annulment of the law of 23 March 2019 introducing the Companies and Associations Code and containing various provisions.

14 Oct 2019

The new Belgian Company Code

1 May 2019.

The new Belgian Company Code (BCC) is here - but how did this reform come about? The objective was clear: to modernize Belgian company and association law by simplifying it, making it more flexible and adjusting it to the progress of European law.

13 Oct 2019

The limited liability company without capital

The complete redrawing of the limited liability company rules make the limited liability company the company form par excellence.

The key feature of the Belgian Company Code is undoubtedly the simplification and flexibilization of the private limited liability company.

19 Mar 2019

Are you prepared for the new Company Code?

The long-awaited new Code of Companies and Associations will become a reality in the course of 2019.

Both existing and newly-established companies should begin preparing themselves.

12 Mar 2019

March 2024 Indexation

Publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette

With effect as of 1 March 2024, the costs for publication in the Annexes to the Belgian Official Gazette will be increased.

01 Mar 2024

Foreign direct investment screening (FDIS) in Belgium

As from 1 July 2023.

Foreign Direct Investment Screening (FDIS) in Belgium becomes effective on July 1, 2023. This regime requires non-EU investors to notify and obtain clearance for certain investments in Belgian companies involved in targeted activities.

23 Jun 2023

Corporate and M&A

The Belgian implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/2121

Cross-border conversions, mergers and demergers

Discover the key changes in Belgian legislation regarding cross-border conversions, mergers, and demergers. Learn how Directive (EU) 2019/2121 influenced the implementation, bringing Belgian law in line with harmonized rules.

16 Jun 2023

Corporate and M&A

Belgian implementation of the ruling of the European Court of Justice on public access to UBO register

The Belgian UBO register was established by the Belgian Anti-Money Laundering Act.

The UBO register is a centralized database used to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and related criminal activities by tracking the natural persons who ultimately control companies and other legal entities.

10 Mar 2023

Corporate and M&A

The new law on whistleblower protection

Is your organization fully prepared?

On 24 November 2022, the Belgian legislator approved the draft law on the protection of reporters of violations of Union or national law established within a legal entity in the private sector.

15 Dec 2022

Corporate and M&A

European Court of Justice on the UBO-register

The ruling of the Court of Justice

The Belgian Federal Public Service Finance issues a communication announcing a temporary suspension of general public access to UBO information.

25 Nov 2022

Corporate and M&A

Company and Associations Code manual

A practical and thorough guide through the company law landscape.

The corporate team of KPMG Law publishes the 2022 version of the manual on the Belgian Company and Associations Code.

01 Jul 2022

Corporate and M&A