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Hans Hooyberghs

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Hans advises high-net-worth individuals and families on their (international) wealth and estate planning. He has particular expertise in family wealth law, with a focus on matrimonial and relationship property law, succession law, gifts and wills, as well as gift and inheritance tax. In addition, he advises on the transfer, governance and succession of family businesses.

Hans holds an Advanced Master of Laws in Notarial Law from KU Leuven. He is the author of several articles on wealth planning published in Belgian and international journals and regularly speaks at national and international conferences and seminars.

Hans Hooyberghs

Counsel - Brussels

Lawyer

Joined Tiberghien in 2026.

Practice areas

  • Wealth and estate planning, with a particular focus on civil law aspects
  • Gift and inheritance tax
  • Matrimonial property and relationship property law

Education

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Master of Laws in Notarial Law, 2013).
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Master of Laws, 2012).

Languages

  • Dutch, English, French

Other professional activities

  • Member of the Brussels Bar

Recent publications

  • HOOYBERGHS en A. BIESMANS, “Belgian Chapter – Inheritance (tax) law” in N. SACCARDO en P. MASTER (eds.), International Succession Laws, United Kingdom, Bloomsbury Professional, 2026.
  • HOOYBERGHS, “De participatievoorwaarde in het gunstregime voor de schenking of vererving van familiale vennootschappen. Wat met onverdeelde participaties?”, Nieuwsbrief Successierechten 2017, afl. 4, 1-4.
  • HOOYBERGHS en T. DUMONT, “Reform of Belgian inheritance law: a summary of the main changes”, Trusts & Trustees 2017, afl. 23 - 10, 1012-1021.
  • HOOYBERGHS, “De artikelen 126 en 131 W.Succ. – Gezwind verkregen boete, moeilijk te bewijzen vrijstelling?”, Nieuwsbrief Successierechten 2014, afl. 10, 1-4.
  • HOOYBERGHS, H. CASIER en K. RAETS, “Overdracht van de gezinswoning anno 2014: een tour d’horizon doorheen de planningstechnieken en hun fiscale gevolgen” in L. MAES, H. DE CNIJF en L. DE BROECK (eds.), Fiscaal Praktijkboek 2014-2015. Indirecte Belastingen. Fiscale nieuwigheden praktisch bekeken, Mechelen, Wolters Kluwer, 2014, 123-160.