Veerle Lerut
Biography
Veerle Lerut is a counsel in the Tax Practice Group in the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2023.
Before joining Baker McKenzie, Veerle worked as a lawyer, as the in-house legal tax advisor of a highly reputed Flemish University, in the advisory tax department of a Big Four firm and as an academical researcher.
Practice Focus
Veerle advises on the national and international individual income tax and social security aspects of compensation & benefits granted to resident and non-resident individuals, including the structuring of cross-border employment situations and transfers of employees and directors.
Veerle has a specific focus on equity based compensation and cross-border government services.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Member of IFA Belgium
- Member editorial board doctrine at Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht
Corporate Responsibility
- Veerle is an active member of the Legal Diversity and Inclusion Alliance ('LDIA')
- Veerle is an active member of the The Good Lobby's Brussels Pro Bono Roundtable
Admissions
- Brussels~Belgium (2012)
Education
- KU Leuven (Master in Tax) (2008)
- KU Leuven (Master in Law) (2007)
- Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (Master in Law, Erasmus) (2006)
- KU Leuven (Bachelor in Law) (2005)
Languages
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German