University of Georgia
Ghent University. Photo: Pieter Morlion, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boekentoren_2010PM_1184_21H9022.JPG)
University of Georgia
Ghent University. Photo: Pieter Morlion, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boekentoren_2010PM_1184_21H9022.JPG)
Victor Vandebeek was born in 1962 in Hasselt, Belgium. Hasselt is the capital of Limburg province in the Dutch-speaking Flemish Region of northern Belgium.
The documented early chapter of Victor Vandebeek's life centres on legal education in Brussels, the bilingual capital region of Belgium, where Dutch-speaking and French-speaking institutions operate side by side.
Victor Vandebeek studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the Dutch-speaking university established in 1970 when the Université libre de Bruxelles was divided along linguistic lines. There, Victor Vandebeek obtained a licentiate in law in 1986 in the financial and economic law section.
Victor Vandebeek then completed a special licence in company and commercial law at the VUB in 1989. Further training followed: a 1993 certificate of study of the legal system of the United States at the University of Georgia, and a 2001 certificate in telecommunications law from Ghent University. The University of Georgia, chartered in 1785 in Athens, Georgia, is among the oldest public universities in the United States. Ghent University (Rijksuniversiteit Gent) was founded in 1817 under King William I of the Netherlands.
Victor Vandebeek also completed a 2000 certificate in mediation in business law from the Brussels Business Mediation Center, which offered training in commercial mediation, and a 2016 special training certificate in cassation procedure in criminal matters from the Orde van Vlaamse Balies, the federation of Flemish bar associations.
Victor Vandebeek was admitted to the Belgian bar as an avocat in 1986 and has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1987. The Brussels Bar is one of the principal bar associations in Belgium's capital, regulating admission and professional conduct for advocates practising there; its Dutch-speaking order is the one with which Victor Vandebeek is registered.
Victor Vandebeek worked as a partner of Assoc I A Tes. Victor Vandebeek is also a founding partner of Empire Law Firm, an independent Belgian firm with offices in Brussels and Ghent that provides a broad range of legal services to national and international clients.
In 1997 Victor Vandebeek spoke at a conference on State Contract Works organised by the Institute for International Research (I.I.R.), a conference organiser serving professional audiences. The session addressed how bidders respond to public tenders for state contracts and how they follow up their files.
(Article in the Brigham Young University Law Review, volum...)
1990Victor Vandebeek has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1987. Belgian bar associations govern the admission, professional discipline, and representation of lawyers within their jurisdictions. The Brussels Bar includes a Dutch-speaking order alongside a French-speaking one, and membership entitles advocates to practise before the courts of the Brussels judicial area.
