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Elke Van Hooghten LL.M.

Lawyer
Brussels
About

Elke Van Hooghten practices in the area of litigation and restructuring, with a particular focus on insolvency and white-collar crime.

Bar admissionsAdvocate registered with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten bij de Balie te Brussel
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • French
Education
  • Affiliated researcher at the University of Brussels (VUB), November 2023 - current
  • LLM New York University, Master of law,  August 2024 - May 2025
  • University of Luxembourg, LL.M in Financial and Economic European Criminal Law, Cum Laude, 2021
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Master in Law, Cum Laude, 2020

Publications

  • Blogpost on the Implementation of the new Directive on restructuring: The new restructuring directive and its implementation in Belgian law
  • Publications on white-collar crime and insolvency (directors’ liability)
    • E. VAN HOOGHTEN, "Het misdrijf laattijdige aangifte van faillissement: is de stroman (ook) schuldig?", TRV 2024, afl. 6, 531-536.
    • E. VAN HOOGHTEN, “Misbruik van rekening-courant: misbruik van vertrouwen?”, TRV 2023, 347-353.
    • I. VAN DE MIEROP, C. SAS and E. VAN HOOGHTEN, “De toepassing van ‘wrongful trading’ uit artikel XX.227 WER in de lagere rechtspraak”, TIBR 2023, 74-78.

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Elke worked in a Belgian niche firm specialising in white collar crime.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Legal volunteer in South-Africa with Projects
  • Abroad Member of the Brussels Bar
  • Fernand Lazard fellow, and fellow and blog editor Center for Corporate Compliance and Enforcement
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Phone

+32 (0) 2 500 15 63
(Work, Brussels)