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Cédric Alter (born 1972) graduated from the Brussels University School of Law in June 1995 (Lic. Juris, magna cum laude, ULB, 1995).

Prior to joining Janson as Partner as of 1 September 2007, Cédric Alter was Special European Counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Brussels office (2005-2007), and associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2002-2005) and Stibbe (1996-2002).

Cédric Alter has gained significant experience of business law and contract law working for both Belgian and foreign clients.

He also regularly acts in judicial and arbitration proceedings (as counsel or arbitrator), and is a member of the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI and CCI).

Cédric Alter was an assistant professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in the field of civil obligations and contract law from 1998 to 2012. In 2012 he became a professor of business law at the Solvay Brussels School of Economic and Management of ULB. He is the author or co-author of numerous publications in the field of contract law, as well as in banking law, insolvency and securities and guarantees. In 2010 he wrote a book on general banking law and recently co-author a book on the Belgian Business Continuity Act with Alain Zenner.

References

• Acting as court appointed trustee for a judicial liquidation procedure of a group of companies with several million of assets in real estate in Belgium
• Advising Belgian directors and UK mother company on bankruptcy and closures of shops inBelgium
• Advising mother company on the closure of a Belgian entity of the group
• Representing two banks as creditor of a Belgian company in judicial restructuring, regarding inter alia the sale of two shopping center real estate projects and the restructuring plan to its creditors
• Advising and representing an outlet company with 200+ employees in Belgium and 23 shops for a procedure for judicial restructuring by transfer under judicial supervision with a view to maintaining all or part of the transferor or its activities. Advising also the directors in post-restructuring litigations
• Advising a Belgian director of a Belgian company for the nomination of a court appointed directors to protect the company against other (foreign) directors and shareholders. Advising the debtor in subsequent procedure for judicial restructuring by transfer under judicial supervision
• Representing the four majors banks in Belgium as creditors to safeguard their interests in the procedure for judicial restructuring by transfer under judicial supervision undertaken by the debtor
• Advising court appointed trustees for a Belgian subsidiary in a litigation against the (American) mother company regarding, inter alia, enforcement of a comfort letter

Recommendations

• "Cédric Alter understands where we want to go very fast; he works very hard on files, asking appropriate questions". "The quality is very high". - Chambers Global Guide 2019
• "Cédric Alter is a growing presence in the field of dispute resolution and has recently handled litigation and arbitration matters in Belgium and abroad; he acts as both counsel and arbitrator". - Chambers Global Guide 2014
  
• "Clients say that Cédric Alter picks up on the technicalities, understands the nuances of the process, and works well with local counsel". He represented Oxycure in litigation with competitors up to the Supreme Court - Chambers and Partners 2013
  
• Legal 500 recommends Cédric Alter in Banking and Finance, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Restructuring - Legal 500 2013

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