Rate My Professor Joeri Vananroye

Vananroye's academic interests center on insolvency law, commercial law, corporate law, economic analysis of law, entity shielding, limited liability, creditor protection, and reorganization law. He leads multiple research projects as promotor, including 'The Directors’ Personal Liability for Environmental Claims in Insolvency' (2025-2029), 'Successor liability and non-adjusting creditor protection in Belgian reorganization law' (2025-2029), 'Shareholder subordination and judicial reorganization' (2024-2028), and 'The technology of non-adjusting creditor protection against internal asset shielding techniques under Belgian, French, and Italian law' (2024-2028). He has supervised PhD theses on topics such as abuse of exclusion and withdrawal remedies in private companies, publicity and third-party protection in transferable assets, and distribution prohibitions in non-profits. Selected publications include 'Oncomfortabele reflecties over de ‘letter of comfort’' (TRV/RPS, 2026), 'Boek 6 BW als de passerelle tussen het rechtspersonenrecht en andere rechtstakken – toerekening aan rechtspersonen en hun uitvoeringsagenten' with S. De Dier (Roularta, 2025), 'Rechtspersoonlijkheid: een relatief vennootschapsrechtelijk begrip met absolute fiscale implicaties' with S. Cools (Wolters Kluwer, 2024), and editorship of 'Privaatrecht Plenis Coloribus - Liber Amicorum Matthias Storme' (2024). At KU Leuven, he teaches courses including Insolventierecht, Ondernemingsrecht, Economic Analysis of Law, and Insolventie: juridische en economische aspecten.