Peter Callens

Area of specialisation

• Corporate Law / M&A Joint Ventures, Consortia, Cooperation

Bar admission

• Belgium

Experience with legal system

• Belgium

Professional experience

President of the ‘Orde van Vlaamse Balies’ (OVB or Order of Flemish Bars, the regulatory and representative body of the Dutch language Bars of Flanders and Brussels) since 2020.

Past president (stafhouder/bâtonnier) of the Brussels Bar (Dutch language section) (2018-2020).

Of counsel to Loyens & Loeff, Brussels (partner until 2019).

Honorary Master of the Bench, Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London (2020).

Member of the Constitution & Governance Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Activity: international commercial arbitration (after having spent a few decades advising on and negotiating corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions (private and public), joint ventures and private equity investments).

Publications on corporate law, arbitration and legal profession related subjects.