Dirk Libotte Verified Lawyer

Experience

Dirk Libotte has extensive experience in handling criminal law matters related to tax, economics, and finance, with a particular focus on corporate fraud and employee fraud. He represents entrepreneurs, companies, and their directors before Belgian criminal courts, as well as in proceedings before the Court of Cassation and the European Court of Human Rights. He has acted in cases involving market abuse, tax fraud, corruption, and liability, and has represented clients in investigations conducted by OLAF, EPPO, the Belgian College of Auditors, and the National Bank of Belgium. Dirk Libotte has also appeared before the FSMA Sanctions Committee in various matters.

Specialty

Dirk Libotte specializes in white-collar crime, with a broad practice covering all aspects of company-related criminal law. His expertise includes financial, tax, and economic criminal law matters, as well as litigation in cases of corporate and employee fraud. He represents clients in the banking, insurance, telecom, pharmaceutical, petro-chemical, real estate, transport, and sports sectors. His practice also involves advising on risk management and dispute resolution, with a focus on national and international arbitration.

Education

Dirk Libotte holds a Master Degree in Law from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, obtained in 1999. He also earned a Degree in tax law from Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Fiscales in Brussels in 2001. In 2015, he obtained a Certificate for Special Training on Cassation Proceedings in Criminal Cases.

• Dirk Libotte has been recognized as a Leading Individual in the Fraud and White-collar Crime category by Legal 500 since 2017. Legal 500
• Dirk Libotte is described as highly recommended in the White-collar Crime category by Leaders League. Leaders League
• Dirk Libotte is a practice head for Fraud and White-collar Crime at Arcas Law, leading the firm’s work in this area. Legal 500
• Dirk Libotte and Niels Vos authored the expert opinion on White-Collar Crime in the 2nd edition of the Legal Industry Reviews Belgium. Arcas Law
• Dirk Libotte contributed to the 1st Belgian edition of the Legal Industry Reviews, sharing insights on the implications of the new Belgian Criminal Code for legal entities and recent developments in White-Collar Crime. Arcas Law