Wouter Lauwers

Partner | KPMG Law Belgium

I love to help clients and come up with real solutions. In the past 25 years, my interest in law and its practical implementation has never ceased to grow.

When approached by a client (to be), I will involve our team’s best lawyer and/or tailor the best team of lawyers to advise our client. Not only in my areas of expertise but also in my capacity as a senior partner I closely follow up our deliverables as well as the timing involved.

It comes as no surprise that as a lawyer I am fascinated by and passionate about history and philosophy and I am an avid reader. I like skiing and snowboarding and taking long walks on well-tended lawns. I love to help clients and come up with real solutions. In the past 20 years, my interest in law and its practical implementation has never ceased to grow.

Areas of Expertise

Education and qualifications

  • Master in company law, KU Leuven & KU Brussel, 1998
  • Master of Law, KU Leuven, 1995

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Energy performance of buildings in the Flemish Region

Energy performance certificates and minimum energy labels for (non-)residential buildings, charging stations and solar panels.

In the near future, several new energy obligations for buildings in the Flemish Region will go into effect.

The Brussels-Capital Region is gearing up for the installation of charging points in car parks

The number of electric vehicles is increasing every year.

The Brussels-Capital Region government issued a decree on 29 September 2022 to ensure sufficient charging points for all electric cars in the capital.

A new year, a refined information duty for the flood sensitivity of real estate in the Flemish Region

The Flemish government has now amended this information duty with the aim of refining and clarifying it for an acquirer.

The Flemish government amends the information duty for the flood sensitivity of real estate in the Flemish Region.

The asbestos (inventory) certificate: a new information obligation upon transfer

The asbestos certificate will first be required when an immovable good is transferred and later for every owner.

As part of the Flemish Government's asbestos removal action plan, which aims to make the Flemish Region asbestos-safe by 2040, the asbestos (inventory) certificate has been added to this list of obligations.

Acquiring a non-residential building in the Flemish Region?

Think about the energy renovation obligation!

In its “Long-term strategy for the renovation of Flemish Buildings”, the Flemish Government set the objective of realizing carbon neutrality in the existing non-residential buildings as regards heating, sanitation, cooling and lightening by 2050.

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