Family Owned Business & Private Wealth
Managing family owned business and private wealth requires a multidisciplinary and bespoke approach. It is equally important to thoroughly understand what makes family owned businesses, their shareholders and managers so particular in order to come up with pragmatic and well-balanced solutions. When elaborating on a possible solution, we always take all interests (and sometimes divergent) at stake into account in order to consolidate your wealth on the long term.

National UBO registers publicly accessible as from end 2019

The Belgian UBO register

The Flemish Tax Administration's latest and enlarged positions on split purchases have no legal basis

New bill on Flemish inheritance tax prohibits the deduction of debt to the surviving spouse
Integrated approach
Our Family Owned Business & Private Wealth team is composed of expert attorneys in civil and tax law. They assist our clients in a holistic and sustainable way at each stage of their development. In their business, we assist them in all matters related to tax structuring and possible investments (eg, in real estate or private equity). When it goes about their private wealth, we answer all their questions related to possible optimisation, pensions, wedding contract, donations, investments and transfers.
Multidisciplinary team
We assist individuals (company director, shareholder and pater familias) as well as intermediaries such as private banks, fiduciaries and family offices. Our team operates from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Outside our four home markets, we regularly work with foreign law firms and are therefore in position to handle any cross-border matters.
How can we help you?
For any questions related to your family owned business or your private wealth, you can count on the expertise of our team members. They can answer all questions and provide complete and bespoke solutions. They advise on the best choice to make, assist at implementation stage and, if needed, ask for rulings and negotiate with the competent authorities. They draft contracts implementing the decisions taken and defend our clients’ interest before courts. They handle all compliance related matters and take care of corporate and personal income tax returns.
Saskia Lust
Partner Attorney at LawSaskia Lust is a partner in our Brussels office. She co-heads the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Team in Belgium. She focuses on international asset structuring.
T: +32 2 700 10 27 E: saskia.lust@loyensloeff.comNicolas Bertrand
Partner Attorney at LawNicolas Bertrand is a partner in our Brussels office. He co-heads the Loyens & Loeff Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Practice Group in Belgium.
T: +32 2 773 23 46 E: nicolas.bertrand@loyensloeff.comBarbara Albrecht
Senior associate Attorney at LawBarbara Albrecht, attorney at law, is a member of the Family Owned Business & Private Wealth Practice Group in our Brussels office.
T: +32 2 773 23 71 E: barbara.albrecht@loyensloeff.com