Bart De Bock

About Bart

Bart De Bock is a Stibbe Brussels partner with 14 years of experience in complex international commercial and corporate law disputes. He has built a well-established and market-recognised practice in contentious restructurings, out-of-court and in-court reorganisations, prepacks, and distressed M&A transactions.

Bart represents debtors, creditors, shareholders, boards, and distressed asset acquirers in all aspects of restructuring matters, combining deep procedural knowledge with transactional expertise to guide clients through every stage of financial distress. Beyond restructuring, he has extensive expertise in corporate litigation, advising on post-acquisition claims, shareholder disputes, directors’ liability cases, and joint venture disputes for major private equity firms and listed companies.

Bart has been recognised as “Rising Star” in Restructuring and Insolvency by Legal 500 for several consecutive years and as “Up and Coming” in Restructuring/Insolvency by Chambers Europe 2026. He co-founded the Belgium Turnaround Association, the market-leading association for high-profile restructuring work in Belgium, where he currently serves as board member and Secretary General. He is also an active member of the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI) and serves on the Steering Committee of CEPANI40, the organisation’s next-generation network.

Professional

• Admitted as an attorney-at-law at the Brussel Bar, 2026, Stibbe BV/SRL
• Admitted as an attorney-at-law at the Antwerp Bar, 2016, Allen & Overy (Belgium) LLP
• Admitted as an attorney-at-law at the Brussels Bar, 2015, Loyens & Loeff
• Registered as trainee at the Brussels Bar, 2012, Loyens & Loeff

Academic

• LL.M. King’s College London, 2012
• Master of Law, University of Antwerp, 2011
• Bachelor of Law, University of Antwerp, 2009

Publications

• Tweede keer, goede keer? Geen uitputting van rechtsmacht, noch gezag van gewijsde na indiening van een tweede verzoek tot kwijtschelding van schuld, TIBR · May 1, 2024
• Geen definitieve belastingvrijstelling meer voor ondernemingen in moeilijkheden, Fiscoloog · Dec 1, 2023
• Oprichtersaansprakelijkheid: ook de cijferberoeper in het vizier, TBH · Nov 24, 2022
• 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 · May 1, 2022
• Case note on transferring of distressed assets in judicial reorganisation proceedings, Tijdschrift voor Beslag en Insolventierecht, TIBR2021/2 · Nov 1, 2021
• Introduction of a pre-pack insolvency procedure in Belgium, 12 apr. 2021 omschrijving publicatieHERO – Herstructurering & Recovery Online (Nederland)
• Introduction of a pre-pack insolvency procedure in Belgium, 29 mrt. 2021 eAlert Allen & Overy (Belgium) LLP
• D&O insurance and the new BCCA, eAlert 5 nov. 2019 eAlert Allen & Overy (Belgium) LLP
• Insurance litigation 2019 – Belgium (country overview), 2019, Law Business Research Ltd. as part of a wider publication entitled “Getting The Deal Through: Insurance Litigation 2019”.
• Report on CEPANI colloquium on “Third party funding in arbitration“, mrt. 2017, CEPANI Newsletter Nr. 111, March 2017, p. 2-3.
• B. DE BOCK, Report on the CEPANI colloquium on “Third party funding in arbitration”, CEPANI Newsletter Nr. 111, March 2017, p. 2-3.
• The emergency arbitrator in the 2013 CEPANI Arbitration Rules, 2015, b-Arbitra 1/2015, p. 67-87.

Expertise

• Lawyer at the Brussels bar
• (Cross-border) insolvency and restructuring matters, both in-court and out-of-court
• Shareholder disputes and directors’ liability