Dirk Libotte

Dirk Libotte

Partner
Phone
+32 (0)2 313 30 20
Mobile
+32 (0)475 27 76 16

Lawyer

  • Dirk Libotte’s practice covers all aspects of company-related criminal law. He has a broad range of experience in handling financial, tax, and economic criminal law matters. He also represents clients in the banking, insurance, telecom, pharmaceutical, petro-chemical, real estate, and transport sectors, and also clients in the world of sport.

    He represents entrepreneurs and companies and their directors before Belgian criminal courts. He has vast experience in handling company fraud and employee fraud matters in large companies. He also represents clients in criminal proceedings brought before the Court of Cassation and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. He also has extensive experience in litigation before the FSMA Sanctions Committee in cases related to market abuse (insider trading, market manipulation) and acts in investigations conducted by e.g. OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office), EPPO (European Public Prosecutor), the Belgian College of Auditors ('CTR'/'CSR') and the NBB (National Bank of Belgium).

    In matters related to sports law, Dirk also acts before various other bodies such as the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport. In addition, Dirk serves as a league attorney within the Flemish Athletics League.

    "Dirk Libotte is a pleasure to work with, a good communicator and always provides follow-ups towards other of legal teams and the client."

    Legal 500

    "The team is extremely responsive and able to provide clear, straightforward information about Belgian law and the legal system."

    Legal 500

    "Dirk Libotte & Niels Vos are extremely smart, diligent and very well plugged into the legal circuit in Belgium. We can count on them to provide meaningful, important and timely information to assist us in representing our clients in the US."

    Legal 500

    "Top-drawer fraud and crime team in Belgium. My go-to firm."

    Legal 500

    Credentials

    Dirk Libotte has been described as Leading Individual by Legal 500 in the Fraud and White-collar Crime category since 2017. Leaders League praises him as “excellent” in the White-collar Crime category.

    Education

    Dirk Libotte holds a Master Degree in Law (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1999) and obtained a Degree in tax law from Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales in Brussels in 2001. He was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1999 and worked at law firm Stibbe from 1999 to 2017. In 2015, he obtained the Certificate for Special Training on Cassation Proceedings in Criminal Cases. He has been a partner at Arcas Law since 2018.

    Languages
    Dutch,
    French,
    English