Stijn Van Walleghem

Counsel at Clifford Chance LLP - Brussels Tax & Corporate Reorganisations

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Stijn is a tax associate at Clifford Chance Brussels advising clients on M&A transactions (with a special focus on the PE and Real Estate sector) and is considered a specialist in (cross-border) corporate restructuring. He represents clients in major tax disputes (with a special focus on anti-abuse and tax fraud litigation). He graduated with a masters degree from the K.U. Leuven (Belgium) and obtained additional master degrees from Georgetown University (USA) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).

Experience

  • Clifford Chance (10 yrs 11 mos)
    • Counsel - Tax Law
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Associate - Tax Law
      Sep 2015 - May 2025 · 9 yrs 9 mos

  • Director at MUN Society Belgium
    Jun 2010 - Jun 2014 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • Training talented students from various universities and backgrounds in Developing crucial skills such as public speaking, debating, negotiating, problem solving and networking. • Partnering with Allen&Overy, McKinsey, Total, Procter&Gamble and Morgan Stanley for sponsoring and support.

  • Director Harvard Worldmun 2014 at Harvard World Model United Nations
    May 2013 - May 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Selected by Harvard University to organize a 5-day student-conference for over 2,000 international college and university students • Setting up and managing a NPO with a budget around $500,000 and staff of over 50 students. • Negotiating, Drafting and Closing financial agreements with the Kingdom of Belgium and several high profile private and public organizations

  • Summer Associate at Clifford Chance LLP
    Jul 2013 - Jul 2013 · 1 mo

    • Intern to Xavier Remy • Corporate, employment and tax law.

  • Summer Associate at Loyens & Loeff
    Aug 2012 - Aug 2012 · 1 mo

    • Intern to Christian Chéruy • Corporate taxation and offshoring