Member Profile

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

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

Mr 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).

Mr 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 several books on the Belgian Business Continuity Act (Belgian equivalent of the US Chapter 11 procedure) with Alain Zenner and Jean-Philippe Lebeau.

Chambers & Partners 2013 commented: "Clients say that Cédric Alter of Janson Baugniet '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 Global Guide 2014 stated: "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."

Legal 500 (2013) recommends Cédric Alter in banking and finance, dispute resolution, insolvency and restructuring.

Mr Alter's working languages are French and English.

Graduated in Law (Université libre de Bruxelles), 1995 (first class honours)

Summer school in English Legal Methods (Cambridge University), thanks to a scholarship awarded by the Wiener-Anspach Foundation, July and August 1995

Books

. Guide de la procédure de réorganisation judiciaire, co-written with Jean-Philippe Lebeau, Kluwer, 2015 (111 pages) ;

. La loi sur la continuité des entreprises revisitée par la loi du 27 mai 2013, co-written with Alain Zenner, Larcier, Dossiers du J.T., 2014 (253 pages) ;

. Droit Bancaire Général, Larcier, Répertoire Notarial, 2010 (391 p.) ;

. La loi sur la continuité des enterprises à l’épreuve de sa première pratique, co-written with Alain Zenner and Jean-Philippe Lebeau, Larcier, Dossiers du J.T., 2010 (241 p.) ;

. Les effets du contrat, co-published with Stéphanie Bar, Kluwer, Pratique du droit, 2006 (220 p.).

Other (selection)

. “ Responsabilité civile et pénale des administrateurs (questions choisies) ”, séminaire de formation organisé par le Centre d’Information du Révisorat d’Entreprises (ICCI) le 6 octobre 2014 ;

. “ La cession d'entreprise dans le cadre d'une procédure de réorganisation judiciaire ” (with A. Levy Morelle), in Fusions, acquisitions et restructurations, séminaire Van Ham & Van Ham du 3 avril 2014, doc. dact., p.1 à 24 ;

. “ Groupes et filiales en difficulté ” (with Zoé Pletinckx), in Droit des groupes de sociétés – questions pratiques, colloque de la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles des 21 et 26 mars 2013, Larcier , 2013, p. 238 à 272 ;

. “ Constitution, gestion et cession du fonds de commerce – Aspects de droit commercial ”, in Le fonds de commerce, Recyclage en droit du centre des facultés universitaires catholiques, Anthemis, 2012, p. 7 et s. ;

. “ Le banquier et l’entreprise en difficulté : état de la question ”, in L’entreprise en difficulté, Larcier, Collection de la Conférence du Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles, 2012, p. 118 et s. ;

. “Administratiekantoor en droit belge ” (with A. Vanhoudenhoven »), in Manuel de planification patrimoniale – Les personnes morales – Dissolution – Livre 6, ouvrage coll. sous la coord. de J. Malherbe, Larcier, 2011, p. 57 et s.;

. “ Le paiement électronique”, in Incidence des nouvelles technologies de la communication sur le droit commun des obligations, Colloque UB3 sous la coord. de P. Van Ommeslaghe, 2011, p. 95 et s. ;

. “Les obligations du vendeur ”, co-écrit avec Renaud Thungen, in Manuel de la vente, Kluwer, 2010, p. 186 à 246 ;

. “ La responsabilité dans les entreprises en difficulté après la loi sur la continuité des entreprises”, conférence Les responsabilités des dirigeants d’entreprises au quotidien organisée par Vanham & Vanham le 7 October 2010 ;

. “ La suppression des titres au porteur et la dématérialisation ”, séminaire BECI (chambre de commerce de Bruxelles) - Actualités juridiques du 21 mai 2008 ;

. “ Evolutions récentes en droit de l’insolvabilité ”, co-written with Alain Zenner, in Sûretés et procédures collectives (coord. Mme Christine BIQUET-MATHIEU), Commission Université Palais – Université de Liège (C.U.P.), n° 100, February 2008, p. 151 to 213 ;

. “ Questions choisies en droit des faillites” in Le créancier face à l’insolvabilité de son débiteur : actualités en droit des procédures collectives, Anthémis, 2008, p. 123 and follow.;

. “La procédure de réorganisation (les différentes options ainsi que les mesures extrajudiciaires)”, in, La loi relative à la continuité des entreprises, Colloque Jeune Barreau de Bruxelles, Larcier, 2009, p. 43 and follow. ;

Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1996

Associate in the law firm Stibbe from June 1996 to February 2002

Associate in the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from February 2002 to July 2005

Special European Counsel in the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher from July 2005 to August 2007

Partner in the law firm Janson Baugniet since September 2007

Arbitrator

Member of the Belgian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CEPANI/CEPINA) since March 2004

Member of CCI

Winner of the Pierre de HARVEN Prize awarded by ULB for the academic year 1994-1995 for the best performance in private law;

Winner of the 2007 Jean-Jacques BOELS Prize awarded by the French Order of Lawyers of the Brussels Bar for a work in civil law.