2026

Donne une présentation au Groupe général de politique en matière de drogues du SPF Justice sur les scénarios possibles de pénalisation ou de dépénalisation de la détention de drogues pour usage personnel.

Présente une introduction au Nouveau Code Pénal lors d’une journée d’étude organisée par la Jeune Barre d’Audenarde.

2025

Est nommé professeur invité à l’Université de Gand, où il enseigne le droit pénal.

2024

Donne une conférence au barreau d’Oudenarde sur l’indépendance de l’avocat pénaliste.

Participe en tant que juge à la compétition IBA ICC Moot Court à La Haye.

Est nommé juge suppléant en matière correctionnelle au tribunal de première instance de Flandre orientale, division de Gand.

2023

Gives a lecture at a training session organised by Gandaius Academy on the new Belgian sexual criminal law, with a focus on the offender and victim perspective.

Is invited as speaker at two sessions by the European Law Students Association (ELSA); one on euthanasia and another on terrorism.

Participates as a speaker in the opening debate regarding impunity, organised by Ghent Law School Consultancy.

Acts as duty counsel for Haxhi Shala in the pre-trial proceedings for the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.

2022

Obtient le certificat donnant accès à la fonction de juge suppléant et de conseiller.

2020

Founds the law firm van Puyenbroeck lawyers.

2019

Publishes a critical review on the new Belgian law on collaborators with justice. 

Is added as the first Belgian lawyer to the list of Counsel at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers; is soon after appointed as defence counsel in a case regarding alleged humanitarian crimes committed by an alleged member of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

2018

Speaks at the EU’s Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) seminar on the scope of active participation of lawyers during interviewing, Brussels (Belgium).

Attains his third master’s degree in the traditional Japanse martial art of karate.

2017

Delivers the legal part of a study on drug consumption rooms for the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.

Participates in the first ‘train the trainer’ session on legal assistance to suspects during police interviews (SUPRALAT).

Gives a lecture on pre-trial detention in the postgraduate session Willy Delva on criminal law and criminal procedure law.

2016

Gives a lecture on rehabilitation on a conference organised by De Kiem, Ghent (BE).

Speaks on mutual legal assistance requests and the European investigation order at a conference organised by the European Academy of Law (ERA), Leuven (BE).

2015

Accomplishes a request submitted to the Belgian constitutional court in a case regarding an employee who became victim of a serious accident while working in unsafe conditions, leading to a change in the federal legislation on work accidents and less strict conditions for employees to ask for full compensation in case of work accidents.

Pleads a second case before the court of assize, Antwerp, Belgium.

Receives his certification to plead in criminal cases before the Belgian supreme court.

2013-14

Participates in an extensive study for the Belgian ministry of justice with the aim of drafting a new criminal procedure code.

2011

Pleads his first case for the court of assize in Antwerp, Belgium.

Works on a study of the price setting and the financial benefits generated in the various steps of the illegal cannabis value chain (YILCAN).

Participates in a study for the European Commission on the future institutional and legal framework of international cooperation in criminal matters in the EU. 

Speaks at the conference on the ‘Garde à Vue’ on the Implementation in Europe of the Salduz jurisprudence, Paris (FR).

Joins the board of directors of the Flemish Karate Association (VKF).

2010

Delivers the Belgian country report for the study on Effective Criminal Defence in Europe.

Contributes to the study for the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) on the detection of traces of the production of synthetic drugs in surface water.

Writes a feasibility study on a faculty-based law firm for Ghent university.

Speaks at the international symposium on police interviewing techniques on the admissible and inadmissible psychological pressure during an interview, Brussels (BE).

Attains his second master’s degree in the traditional Japanse martial art of karate.

2009

Participates in a follow-up study for the European Commission on procedural rights in criminal proceedings.

Speaks at the EU-LAC conference on best practices on court-supervised treatment alternatives to incarceration for drug-dependent offenders, Ghent (BE).  

Participates in writing a vademecum concerning cross-border police cooperation for the Police Euregio Maas-Rijn.

Writes the first of several articles on the right to legal assistance during police interviews following the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Salduz case.

Speaks at the annual conference of the International Bar Association (IBA) on criminal defence rights, Madrid (ES).

2008

Joins an international research team in a two year study on effective criminal defence and access to justice in the EU.

2007

Becomes partner at the law firm P. Van Eeckhaut.

Is involved in a review study for the European Commission on national criminal records. 

Participates in a project for the Belgian Federal Government on an analysis of the database on victims of trafficking in persons. 

Drafts a report for the department of legal affairs of the Flemish Government on notification points and confidants in the context of integrity management.

Gives a lecture on open government from an educational perspective, Flemish parliament, Brussels.

Attains his first master’s degree in the traditional Japanse martial art of iaido.

2006

Gets appointed as academic assistant at the department of criminal law and criminology of Ghent university.

Works on an evaluation of the Belgian anti-trafficking in persons policy for the Koning Boudewijnstichting.

Joins the board of directors (until 2008) of PAG-ASA, an ngo providing support to victims of human trafficking.

Participates in a project for the European Commission on the development of European quality labels for employment organisations, marriage bureaux, travel, escort, au-pair or adoption agencies and service or telecommunication providers.

Attains his first master’s degree in the traditional Japanse martial art of karate.

2005

Graduates summa cum laude as Master in European Criminology and Criminal Justice Systems at Ghent University (Belgium).

Joins the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP) at Ghent University, where he is introduced to the world of academic research under the skilful supervision of the professors Brice De Ruyver, Gert Vermeulen en Tom Vander Beken.

Completes his first project for the European Commission on the availability of law enforcement information.

Gives a lecture on the compatibility of a system of licensed opium production in Afghanistan with the UN Drug Conventions regime at the Symposium on Drug Policy in Kabul (AF).

Participates in a project for the IOM and the European Commission on the training of border guards, border police and customs’ officials in identifying of and providing assistance to victims of trafficking.

2004

Graduates magna cum laude from his studies in Law.

Starts his traineeship as a lawyer at the firm of Piet Van Eeckhaut in Gent (BE).

2002-03

Attains the first prize in a legal competition on civil procedural law organised by the Flemish Law Society and the law firm Allen & Overy.

Completes a summer traineeship at the Prosecutor-General’s Office at the Court of Appeal in Gent (BE).

Completes a summer traineeship at the law firm Allen & Overy, Antwerp (BE).

1999-2000

Starts his law studies at Ghent university (BE).