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Jean-Luc Hagon

Senior Associate

CMS DeBacker
Chaussée de La Hulpe 178
1170 Brussels
Belgium
Languages French, English, Dutch

Jean-Luc Hagon specialises in corporate and insolvency litigation.

Before joining CMS Belgium, he worked for several leading international law firms based in Brussels where he has built a solid expertise covering both domestic and cross-border disputes pertaining to, among others, shareholders’ disputes, directors’ liability, assets/claims’ recovery, bankruptcy, judicial reorganisation, tort, contracts and white-collar crimes.

Jean-Luc was teaching assistant in insolvency law at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) until 2018.

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"Jean-Luc Hagon is an available, sympathetic, and educational lawyer. It’s very nice to work with him."

Feedback from a client - Legal 500, 2023

Relevant experience

  • Acted as counsel to (potential) purchasers or distressed companies in the framework of judicial reorganisation or bankruptcy 
  • Acted as counsel to creditors willing to recover their claims whether in a distressed context or not
  • Acted as counsel to both local and international companies in the framework of commercial (pre-)litigation
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Memberships & Roles

  • Réseau Cap
  • Cercle de Wallonie
  • Insol Europe
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Publications

  • J.-L. HAGON, « Gel des faillites : quel impact sur l’économie ? », Trends-Tendances, 23/04/2020.
  • J.-L. HAGON & S. JACMAIN, “La réforme du droit de l’insolvabilité – les principals nouveautés en matière de reorganisation judiciaire” in Séminaire Vanham & Vanham, 28/09/2017.
  • J.-L. HAGON, “Tenants in distress”, Lexgo, 23/07/2015.
  • J.-L. HAGON & B. DEBOECK, “La responsabilité des dirigeants d’entreprises en difficultés: responsabilités liées aux comptes annuels”, Lexgo, 7/12/2012.
  • J.-L. HAGON & B. DEBOECK, “La responsabilité des dirigeants d’entreprises en difficultés: morceaux choisis” in La Libre Belgique, (Supplément juridique), 24/11/2012.
  • J.-L. HAGON & B. DEBOECK, “La faillite: un scenario inéluctable voire preferable dans certains cas ” in La Libre Belgique, (Supplément juridique), 28/04/2012.
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Lectures list

  • 22/03/2018: Speaker at the Institut de Formation Judiciaire, “Réforme du régime de l’insolvabilité – les sanctions: responsabilités des dirigeants, interdictions professionnelles et sanctions pénales”.
  • 2013-2018: Teaching assistant in Insolvency Law at the University of Brussels (ULB).
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Education

  • 2015 - Nottingham Law School, NLS - Royaume-Uni (LL.M. in Insolvency Law)
  • 2010 - University of Brussels, ULB - Belgium (Master in Business Law)
  • 2010 - Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
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