Peter Verhaeghe is a name partner of Vermulst Verhaeghe Graafsma & Bronckers. His areas of expertise include corporate, corporate finance, contract and tax law. He has extensive industry related experience and knowledge in the biotech, pharmaceutical, consumer products, retail and media sectors of the economy.

Mr. Verhaeghe graduated magna cum laude in law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1981. From 1981 to 1983, he was an assistant professor of tax law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He earned his LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1984. He speaks fluently Dutch, French and English, and has a working knowledge of German.

Mr. Verhaeghe represents major European, American and Asian multinationals and medium-size enterprises in all sectors of the economy. He has significant corporate and tax experience in advising clients on the establishment and functioning of holding and trade companies as well as, distribution and service centres in Europe. He has also extensive experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, structuring and negotiating joint ventures, privatizations of state-owned enterprises, project finance, private equity transactions in all sectors of the economy, real estate transactions and all kinds of debt and equity offerings. In addition, Mr. Verhaeghe has represented over the years several media and entertainment groups, as well as numerous biotech and pharmaceutical companies with respect to their intellectual property rights and the legal and tax aspects of their financing needs.

Mr. Verhaeghe has acted as lead counsel for direct investment, private placements, public offerings, project finance and privatisation projects in various countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy,  Spain, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Russia, Morocco and the United States of America.

Mr. Verhaeghe has published in various publications on a variety of Belgian and international corporate and tax issues. He was a member of the board of editors of Fiscale Actualiteit, a major Belgian tax periodical published by Wolters Kluwer België N.V. He is a member of the Legal and Taxation Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels. Mr. Verhaeghe is a member of the Brussels Bar, the International Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association. He has acted in 1998 and 1999 as the national reporter for Belgium on tax developments for the International Bar Association.

Mr Verhaeghe has been several times listed in Euromoney's Legal Group Guide as one of the leading tax advisors in Belgium.

He is a past Member of the Board of Directors of Tibotec-Virco NV, Innogenetics NV, KBC Private equity Biotech, and Bever Zwerfsport Investments BV. He is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of arGEN-x BV, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PharmaNeuroBoost NV, Member of the Board of Directors of Merisant Company 2 sàrl, and Liquidator of KBC Private Equity Biotech NV.

Contact

E-mail: peter.verhaeghe@vvgb-law.com
Tel.: +32 2 542 0780, Fax: +32 2 534 5888