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Marc Van de Looverbosch Van de Looverbosch

Lead Lawyer
About

Marc Van de Looverbosch advises and resolves disputes for financial institutions, corporates and governments. His practice revolves around all aspects of financial law.

Marc is the founder of Crypto Case Law, a website devoted to presenting major legal cases in the crypto-assets sphere from around the world in a bite-size format.

He is also a PhD researcher at KU Leuven (Belgium), Europe’s most innovative university according to Reuters. His research is about good faith acquisition of financial assets.

Areas of FocusFinancial Services
Professional QualificationsAdvocaat registered with the Orde van Advocaten te Antwerpen
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • French
Education
  • University of Antwerp, LLM, magna cum laude, 2015
  • KU Leuven, LLB, cum laude, 2013

Awards

  • CREG Award, 2015

Publications

Journal articles

  • Vandenbussche, W., Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Het nieuwe ondernemingsbewijsrecht. DAOR: Le Droit des Affaires / het Ondernemingsrecht, (133), 14-29
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). Crypto-effecten: Tussen droom en daad. TRV/RPS, 18 (3), 193-207
  • Houben, R., Van de Looverbosch, M. (2017). Belgian Act on In Rem Security Interests in Movable Assets. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 28 (10), N67-N69

Book chapters

  • Vandenbussche, W., Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Ondernemingsbewijsrecht. In: J. Vananroye, D. Van Gerven (Eds.), Leerstukken ondernemingsrecht, (111-144). Antwerpen: Intersentia
  • Berger, P., Liebaert, S., Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). Belgium. In: T. Frick (Eds.), The Financial Technology Law Review. Second Edition, Chapt. 4, (35-48). (The Law Reviews). London: Law Business Research Ltd

Internet publications

  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Who owns your Bitcoins?
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Bitcoin Case Law: Recent Judgements from France and England
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). FinTech, Governance and Sustainability: Legal Obstacles and Regulatory Challenges
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Verkrijging te goeder trouw van financiële activa
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). Cash pooling: 7 tips om bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid te vermijden
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). Cash pooling voor beginners
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). Trigonometry For Lawyers
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). ECB Uncovers Philosopher's Stone
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). Luxembourg joins Cryptosecurities Club
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2019). Taming the Intangible: MtGox Judgment Translated into English
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). Het hervormde ondernemingsbewijsrecht
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). Launch of CryptoSecurities.eu research project
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). Classifying Cryptosecurities
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). Crypto-effecten: van badmeester tot bouwmeester
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). DEEP Securities

Book Reviews

  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Blockchains, Smart Contracts, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and the Law (book review). Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht

Seminars

  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Transfer of Ownership of Crypto-assets. Presented at the FinTech, Governance and Sustainability: Legal Obstacles and Regulatory Challenges, Leuven, 08 Apr 2020
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Transfer of Ownership of Crypto-assets. Presented at FinTech, Governance and Sustainability: Legal Obstacles and Regulatory Challenges, London, 29 May 2020
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Bezit, geld, titel: verkrijging te goeder trouw van financiële activa. Presented at the Eerste doctoraatsseminarie Marc Van de Looverbosch, Leuven, 31 Mar 2020
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Bezit, geld, titel: verkrijging te goeder trouw van financiële activa. Presented at the Eerste doctoraatsseminarie Marc Van de Looverbosch, Leuven, 25 Mar 2020
  • Van de Looverbosch, M. (2020). Virtual currencies under AMLD5. Presented at 5th AMLD: Impacts and Opportunities. Brussels, Belgium, 20 February 2020
  • Vandenbussche, W., Van de Looverbosch, M. (2018). Het nieuwe ondernemingsbewijsrecht. Presented at the Het nieuwe ondernemingsrecht, Tiensestraat 41, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Prior Experience

  • 2015-18, Associate, Brussels office of an international law firm

Additional Qualifications

  • University lecturer at KU Leuven

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the Bar of the Province of Antwerp
  • Founding editor of Distributed Ledger Law

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