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VANDENBULKE is a Luxembourg independent law firm specialized in corporate, finance and tax law, with offices in Belgium and Luxembourg.

History
2005 – VANDENBULKE law firm was founded in Luxembourg in mid-2005 by Denis Van den Bulke, who was joined subsequently by Laurence Jacques. Denis Van den Bulke began his career as a financial adviser for the UN and then acted as an executive at the subsidiary of the former Bank Brussels Lambert (Crédit Européen). He was subsequently admitted at the Brussels Bar, where he practiced as European corporate partner of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. VANDENBULKE was originally founded to provide high-level services to mainly Anglo-Saxon law firms and clients that did not have an office or correspondent firm in Luxembourg.

VANDENBULKE exclusively focuses its activities on three main areas of practice: corporate law, financial law and tax law. The firm has mainly concentrated on transactional matters and is organized to allow full interaction and integration of these three practices in any transaction. Today, the firm mostly advises international institutional clients (banks and finance institutions) for cross-border operations or investments involving Luxembourg.

VANDENBULKE also provides domiciliary services for selected clients under the denomination VANDENBULKE Corporate+Trust.

In 2009, VANDENBULKE moved to the center of Luxembourg city and in 2012, it opened a dedicated office for its activities of company domiciliation.

In 2013, VANDENBULKE set-up a German desk serving German clients investing in Luxembourg.

Main practice areas
VANDENBULKE's main practice areas include:


 * Corporate Law
 * Company Law
 * Joint-Venture – M&A
 * Capital Structuring
 * Insolvency
 * Corporate Governance


 * Financial Law
 * Investment Funds
 * Structured Finance
 * Security Financing and Lending
 * Banking
 * Capital Markets


 * Tax Law
 * Tax Structuring
 * Pre-advance Tax Agreement
 * Hybrid Financing
 * Wealth Tax Planning (UHNWI)
 * VAT

Awards and rankings

 * Shortlisted as best European niche firm of the Year 2011 by “The Lawyer”.
 * Shortlisted as best European Specialist firm of the Year 2012 and 2013 by “The Lawyer”.
 * The firm main practices are highly regarded by The Legal 500, Chambers Global , Chambers Europe , International Tax Review, and IFLR1000.