Arnaud has been practicing as a lawyer for more than fifteen years in the field of property and commercial law, including contracts and companies in difficulty (judicial reorganization). 

For several years, he has been concentrating on estate planning and property law issues, and has developed experience in litigation, which also enables him to best advise his individual clients in the context of estate planning. 

He is also active in corporate law and has acted as a court-appointed representative for companies in difficulty. This dual experience in matters related to companies and individuals gives him a great mastery of complex inheritance disputes, including issues related to family businesses. He is particularly attentive to creativity in order to reach amicable solutions in the context of litigation.

Arnaud is also a deputy judge at the Enterprise Court of Walloon Brabant. 

He was for several years an assistant at the Faculty of Law of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (civil law). 

He works in French and English and has a passive knowledge of Dutch.

• Resolution of conflicts between heirs in the context of complex estates involving foreign assets

• Estate litigation including aspects of corporate law (appointment of a provisional administrator, judicial reorganizations of family businesses, etc.), or individual law (appointment of administrator of the person, property, "trusted person")

• Implementation of judicial reorganization procedures and appointment of judicial representatives, and regular experience in litigation between companies

• Assistance in the preparation of inheritance agreements, donations, wills, extra judicial mandates and various contracts

• Litigation in matters of inheritance fraud, capture of inheritance, life insurance, reduction/ratio of inheritance

• Establishment or liquidation of private or public utility foundations

• Resolution of disputes with the tax authorities in connection with patrimonial matters (tax audits in the context of inheritance declarations, donations, etc.) and preparation of files with the Service des Décisions Anticipées (FPS Finance)

• Assistance to Belgian and international banking institutions confronted with inheritance issues of their clients

• Procedures for the conversion of usufruct to the benefit of surviving spouses

• Missions of testamentary executor

Education :

Master of laws (ULB 2009)

LL.M in International Commercial Law (Sussex University - UK 2012)

Bar: Brussels

« Highly recommanded » in the 2025 Leaders League ranking (category “Wealth management”).

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• « Refus d’effacement des dettes du failli et pouvoirs (limités) du juge », J.T., 2023/27, p. 460-461.

• « Cinq années de jurisprudence en matière de continuité des entreprises (2013-2017) », in Le droit de l’insolvabilité : Analyse panoramique de la réforme, Anthemis, 2018, pp. 191-223 (co-authored with C. Alter)

• Égalité entre les créanciers publics et privés dans les réorganisations judiciaires, J.T., 05/2017, pp. 93-100 (co-authored with Cédric Alter)

• « Titre III : Droit de l’insolvabilité », in Nathalie MASSAGER, Droit civil et fondements de droit romain, Vol. II, 2017, Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, pp. 110 et s. (co-authored with Jérôme Henri and Nathalie Massager)

• « La loi du 16 juin 2016 modifiant l'article 56, alinéa 2, de la loi relative à la continuité des entreprises (« L.C.E. ») », J.T., 2016/35, p. 631 (co-authored with Cédric Alter)