Peter-Jan Smet

Counsel

PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate,
Finance

LANGUAGES

Dutch, French, English, German

CONTACT

peterjan.smet@mvvp.be

+32 (0)2 285 01 00

Peter-Jan Smet is Counsel in MVVP’s Corporate Department.

Peter-Jan has particular experience in the financial sector, where he assists clients with fund structuring, regulatory questions, cross-border matters and related corporate law issues.

He developed his career in Belgium and Luxembourg and previously worked as counsel in the financial regulatory team of a global law firm. He also gained valuable in-house experience with an investment company and a private bank.

Peter-Jan is a member of the Brussels Bar and was, for more than ten years, also registered with the Luxembourg Bar in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Peter-Jan originally started his professional career at MVVP, where he completed his legal internship under the supervision of Nicole Van Ranst. His return to the firm therefore marks both a new chapter and a return to familiar ground.

Peter-Jan holds an LL.M. from Duke University School of Law in the United States, a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Namur, a Master of Laws from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, a specialised master’s degree in corporate law from Hogeschool Universiteit Brussel, and a postgraduate specialisation in financial law from Universiteit Gent. He also studied for two semesters at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg as part of the Erasmus exchange programme and completed part of his bar training at the Paris Bar through the Stage International.

Peter-Jan works in Dutch, French and English and has a good command of German.