Basil focuses on white-collar crime litigation and investigations.
Expertise
Experience
Representative matters
Premier league football club KV Mechelen in disciplinary, civil and criminal proceedings relating to allegations of match fixing, bribery and money laundering.
A global wealth solutions provider as a defendant in criminal proceedings surrounding the bankruptcy of Optima, a Belgian financial planner and bank.
Defending a multinational construction group in a criminal trial involving claims of public bribery and forgery in the context of a multimillion dollar project in a foreign jurisdiction.
A wide range of financial institutions, financial service providers and multinational corporates on navigating the ever more complex EU, UK and US sanctions landscape.
A leading distributor and recycler of polymers in ICC arbitration proceedings regarding the termination of a chemicals trading joint venture in Singapore.
Pro bono
Assisting a pro-bono collaborative in Athens to support and provide legal aid for asylum seekers in Greece before their crucial first interview.
Volunteering at the Legal Helpdesk for Asylum Seekers in Brussels to support asylum seekers who are denied access to reception conditions in Belgium.
Advising an international non-governmental organisation to research and report on LGBTQI+ violence and discriminatory criminal law legislation in the eastern and central African region.
Advising an international foundation in the context of a transparency and accountability project into suspected trades of dual-use goods in violation of EU, US and other sanctions regimes.
Advising various non-governmental organisation on international criminal law topics.
Published Work
- 2024, De “zeggenschap” over het vermogensvoordeel – Een nieuw element in de discussie over de verjaring van het derde witwasmisdrijf, RDC/TBH
- 2023, Overzicht van het eerste activiteitenjaar van het Europees Openbaar Ministerie, RDC/TBH
- 2022, Aperçu et premiers constats au premier anniversaire du Parquet européen, Rev. dr. pén.
- 2020, Individual Integrity and Independence of Judges: The Case of Judge Akay, TOAEP 2019, La directive (UE) 2018/1673 visant à lutter contre le blanchiment d’argent au moyen du droit pénal : analyse et impact anticipé en droit belge, Droit pénal de l'entreprise
- 2019, La directive (UE) 2018/1673 visant à lutter contre le blanchiment d’argent au moyen du droit pénal : un petit pas (symbolique) pour la répression ?, Rev. int. du patr.
Speaking Engagements
- Panellist, Next Generation Investigations Forum, Allen & Overy, February 2024
- Speaker, Strategic Litigation Against LGBTIQ+ Torture, November 2022 and February 2023
- Speaker, Navigating the complexity of sanctions in 2022, Abilways, June 2022 Speaker, Sanctions in the EU's Relations, Academy of European Law, December 202 Speaker,
- Conducting Investigations into Tax Fraud and Tax Evasion in the EU, Academy of European Law, October 2020
- Speaker, Annual Conference on White-Collar Crime in the EU 2020, Academy of European Law, March 2020
- Speaker, Not If But When: Prepare Your Business for the Next Cyber Incident, Allen & Overy, October 2019
- Speaker, Annual Conference on White-Collar Crime in the EU 2019, Academy of European Law, June 2019
- Poster presentation, Can We Still Afford Human Rights?, KU Leuven, December 2018
- Speaker, Integrity in International Justice, CILRAP, December 2018
Recognition
Qualifications
Admissions
Admitted to the Brussels Bar, Belgium, 2018
Certified to practice criminal law matters before the Belgian Supreme Court, 2020
Academic
Master of Law, KULeuven, 2017
Bachelor of Law, KULeuven, 2015
Languages