Siedse Willems

WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 2570 [post_author] => 17 [post_date] => 2026-05-26 15:30:03 [post_date_gmt] => 2026-05-26 15:30:03 [post_content] => 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. [post_title] => Peter-Jan Smet [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => peter-jan-smet [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2026-05-26 16:04:06 [post_modified_gmt] => 2026-05-26 16:04:06 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.mvvp.be/?post_type=lawyers&p=2570 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => lawyers [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) 1