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Hans Van Bavel

Partner · Stibbe

BelgiumWhite-Collar Crime, Criminal LawDutch, French, English, German

About

Hans Van Bavel is a Partner at Stibbe in Brussels who specialises in company-related criminal law and white-collar crime. He has almost 30 years of trial experience representing companies and their directors in criminal matters before Belgian courts, including the Supreme Court, and before the European Court of Human Rights; he also has substantial experience in internal fraud and confidential cybercrime matters and is ranked Tier 1 by Chambers and Legal 500.

Practice areas

White-Collar CrimeCriminal LawCorporate CrimeFraudCybercrimeLitigationDispute ResolutionCompliance & Sanctions

Office

Expertise

Company-Related Criminal LawInternal FraudCybercrimeCriminal ProcedureSupreme Court AppealsIT & Telecoms

Education

  • Law degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1991)
  • LL.M., University of East Anglia School of Law (1991)
  • Advanced master's degree (DEA) in Civil and Commercial Obligations Law, Paris Descartes University (1992)

Admissions

  • Admitted to the Brussels Bar (1993)
  • Member, Order of Supreme Court Lawyers

Languages

DutchFrenchEnglishGerman