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Bart De Bock

Counsel

Email

bart.debock@aoshearman.com

Phone

+32 3 287 7312

Offices

Antwerp

Brussels

V-CARD
 Bart has more than 10 years of relevant experience in helping clients with their complex and international commercial and corporate law disputes.
 
 
Besides litigating before court and arbitration panels, Bart is often involved in insolvency and restructuring matters as well as in shareholder and post M&A disputes. Bart is mentioned for several consecutive years in the Legal 500 edition as “Rising Star” in restructuring and insolvency.
 
In addition, Bart has broad experience in negotiating and drafting a wide variety of contracts in the construction sector, and frequently acts in insurance related matters.

Published Work

  • B. DE BOCK, “The emergency arbitrator in the 2013 CEPANI Arbitration Rules”, b-Arbitra 2015/1, pp. 67-87. 

  • B. DE BOCK, Report on the CEPANI colloquium on "Third party funding in arbitration", CEPANI Newsletter Nr. 111, March 2017, p. 2-3. 
     
  • B. DE BOCK, Insurance Litigation 2019 Belgium (country overview), publication entitled “Getting The Deal Through: Insurance Litigation 2019”, 2019.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, "D&O Insurance and the new BCCA", eAlert Allen & Overy (Belgium) LLP, 5 November 2019.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, "Introduction of pre-pack insolvency procedure in Belgium", eAlert Allen & Overy (Belgium) LLP, 29 March 2021.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, T. MERTENS, “Introduction of a pre-pack insolvency procedure in Belgium”, HERO - Herstructurering & Recovery Online, 12 April 2021.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, Case note on "Transferring of distressed assets in judicial reorganisation proceedings", Tijdschrift voor Beslag en Insolventierecht, TIBR 2021/2, 1 November 2021.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, A. BASTENIER, "Maatwerk in de gerechtelijke reorganisatie: de ene overdracht is de andere niet…", Tijdschrift voor Beslag- en Insolventierecht, 2021/2, pp. 116-127.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, Case note on "Supreme Court judgment 9 September 2021 and Antwerp Court of Appeal judgment 22 April 2022", Tijdschrift voor Beslag en Insolventierecht - TIBR 1/2022, RS-11 and RS-139, 1 May 2022.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, E. MAES, "Derdenverzet en faillissement", TIBR 2022, nr. 1, 36-43.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, "Oprichtersaansprakelijkheid: ook de cijferberoeper in het vizier", TBH, 24 November 2022.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, "Geen definitieve belastingvrijstelling meer voor ondernemingen in moeilijkheden", Fiscoloog, 1 December 2023.
     
  • B. DE BOCK, "Tweede keer, goede keer? Geen uitputting van rechtsmacht, noch gezag van gewijsde na indiening van een tweede verzoek tot kwijtschelding van schuld", TIBR, 1 May 2024. 

      

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Board member and General Secretary of the Belgium Turnaround Association
     
  • Steering Committee member of CEPANI40
     
  • Member of CEPANI
     

Awards

  • Stated as a Rising Star in Restructuring in Legal 500

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as an attorney-at-law at the Antwerp Bar, 2016 

Admitted as an attorney-at-law at the Brussels Bar, 2015

 

Academic

LL.M. King’s College London, 2012

Master of Law, University of Antwerp, 2011

Bachelor of Law, University of Antwerp, 2009

Languages

Dutch, English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.