Dr. Stijn Lamberigts specializes in criminal law, with a specific focus on business criminal law.
Before joining Lydian, Stijn earned his PhD at the KU Leuven and the Université du Luxembourg on the privilege against self-incrimination of corporations and was an attorney within the (corporate) criminal law team of another Belgian law firm.
Stijn provides legal assistance to businesses, governments, and individuals when they come into contact with (business) criminal law. He assists both defendants and victims of criminal offences. Stijn's expertise covers various areas, including:
- Criminal liability of legal entities and their executives
- Money laundering
- Fraud, including employee fraud and tax fraud
- Cybercrime
- Corruption
- Workplace accidents
- Whistleblowing
He regularly represents clients in Belgian courts, both in Dutch and French. Moreover, he is qualified to handle criminal cases before the Court of Cassation, thanks to his certification in "Cassation Proceedings in Criminal Cases”.
Stijn has completed the Masterclass in Fraud Auditing and is a forensic auditor with the Belgian Institute of Fraud Auditors (IFA).
Stijn regularly speaks at seminars and conferences. He is the author of several legal contributions. In 2022, he published his first book entitled "Corporations and the Privilege against Self-Incrimination".
Since 2024, he is the coordinator of the economic criminal law section of the Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht/Revue de Droit Commercial Belge.
He is a senior affiliated researcher at the Institute of Criminal Law of KU Leuven.
