Johan De Bruycker Recognized as Leading Private Funds Lawyer

January, 2011 - Belgium, Belgium

Brussels, 14 January 2011 - Johan De Bruycker, Head of ALTIUS’ banking and finance
team, has been recognised in the “International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers
2011” as an expert for Belgium.

The publication (available at www.whoswholegal.com) chooses a number of specialists per
country based upon independent surveys of corporate general counsel and private-practice
lawyers worldwide.

Highly acknowledged as an outstanding Banking & Finance lawyer, Johan has more than 20
years’ experience advising a wide range of banks, companies and investment funds.

Johan has worked with numerous UK and US law firms and financial institutions and has
significant experience in establishing and distributing different kinds of funds.

“The economic crisis has hit the funds industry very hard. However, we hope that new legislative
initiatives, combined with a slight economic recovery will revive it. For example, on 7 December
2010 a new Royal Decree was passed which will provide more flexibility for real-estate
investment funds. For the Belgian fund industry this new legislation is important. We expect a
substantial increase in work related to the real-estate funds industry. Indeed, it is highly likely that
the largest Belgian real-estate funds will be internally restructured during 2011 following the new
Royal Decree.” explains Johan.

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CONTACT:
For more information and/or interviews, please contact:

Ms. Ingeborg Vijgen
Marketing & Communications Manager
ALTIUS

Tel: + 32 (0)2 421 50 88
Email: [email protected]

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