About
Karel De Smet is a local partner in the Litigation department at NautaDutilh in Belgium, focusing on corporate and commercial dispute resolution and litigation. He handles complex contractual disputes, contentious M&A, competition litigation, professional negligence and enforcement matters, with particular experience in fraud and criminal litigation, often for financial institutions and international companies in multi-jurisdictional, high-stakes or media-sensitive cases.
Practice areas
LitigationCorporate / M&ACompetitionCriminal LitigationInsolvency & RestructuringBanking & Finance
Office
Expertise
Complex contractual disputesContentious M&ACompetition litigationProfessional negligenceEnforcement proceedingsFraud & criminal litigationMulti-jurisdictional disputesRepresentation of financial institutions and international companies
Education
- Graduated magna cum laude, Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), 2012
Admissions
- Brussels Bar (Belgium), admitted 2012
Languages
FrenchEnglishDutch