Muriel has more than 20 years of experience and regularly advises Belgian and international clients on the regulation of financial products and the licenses and authorizations required to carry out, offer or market regulated activities in Belgium such as banking activities, MiFID investment services, asset management, insurance activities,...  She also advises intermediaries (brokers, agents, tied agents, business introducers).

She also has a specific expertise in international matters and assists clients established in other European countries or outside Europe who wish to provide their services in Belgium.

Muriel is also a recognized expert in the asset management industry. She advises and assists management companies, distributors and other intermediaries in the marketing of funds to both professional and retail investors. She has also assisted clients in the creation of Belgian funds (institutional SICAV, Pricaf). Her expertise covers UCITS and alternative funds. 

She works in French, English and Dutch.

• Assisting a Belgian service provider in its application for authorisation as a portfolio management and investment advisory company

• Advising a Belgian bank on compliance with its obligations under the capital adequacy regulations

• Advising a client wishing to market financial products related to crypto-currencies

• Assisting numerous management companies in the marketing of funds in Belgium, the drafting of advertising documents and other notices and their approval by the FSMA

• Regularly advising a Belgian bank with regard to the marketing of savings accounts

• Negotiating and drafting various contracts for derivative transactions (ISDA/CSA, GMRA, etc.)

• Assisting and supporting a family office on the legislation concerning financial planning consultations

• Assisting an American investment firm wishing to offer its services in Belgium

Education :

Master of laws (ULB 1996)

Bar : Brussels

• Aperçu du règlement MiCA: vers un encadrement juridique du secteur européen des crypto-actifs », D.A.O.R. 2024/1 – n°149, p.35-51

• Belgian chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide - Fintech 2022, A practical cross-border insight into fintech law, 6th edition, 2022

• Quelques précisions sur la responsabilité du gestionnaire de fortune, note sous Bruxelles 5 septembre 2019, RDC/TBH, 2020, 210-215 (with F. Wilmet)

• Cryptocurrencies, ICO’s and smart contracts from a legal perspective, GLI Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation (Belgium chapter), 2019

• Brexit - Is winter coming for UK banks? Overview of certain challenges faced by UK banks in case of ‘hard’ Brexit in light of the regulatory framework applicable to third country banks, Actualités en droit commercial et bancaire, Liber Amicorum Martine Delierneux, Larcier, 2017, p. 41-73.