Tom Vos

Tom Vos has been an Associate at the Corporate and Finance Practice since 2022. He specializes in corporate governance advice, especially for listed companies and private equity investments.

In addition to his work for Linklaters, Tom is a full-time visiting professor at the Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair of the University of Antwerp, where he researches and teaches in the field of corporate governance.

Tom Vos has been an Associate at the Corporate and Finance Practice since 2022. 

He has also been a full-time visiting professor at the Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair of the University of Antwerp since 2021, where he researches and teaches in the field of corporate governance. 

Before that, he was a PhD researcher and teaching assistant at the Jan Ronse Institute for Company and Financial Law at the KU Leuven.

Tom also regularly speaks about a wide range of topics relating to corporate governance, including most recently:

• “Sustainable corporate governance: how and why did we get here?”, Financial Law Clinic KU Leuven, Brussels, 9 December 2022.
• “Controlling shareholders in corporate governance: cure or cause for short-termism?”, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 28 October 2022.
• “Share issuances and classes of shares”, BVA Tax & Legal Committee, Brussels, 29 September 2022.
• “Pre-emption rights and shareholder approval of share issuances in Europe: an accountability gap”, German Law and Economics Association, online, 8 July 2022.

Tom holds a PhD in law from KU Leuven, an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School, a research master in law from KU Leuven (magna cum laude) and a bachelor in law from KU Leuven (magna cum laude).

Tom speaks Dutch, English and French.

Tom's published works include:

• T. VOS, “Aandeelhoudersbescherming bij kapitaalverhoging: en rechtsvergelijkende en rechtseconomische benadering”, RW  2022, 122-136.
• F. HELLEMANS and T. VOS, “Spelen met stemrechten in de BV en NV” in S. COOLS (eds.), Themis 117 – Vennootschapsrecht, Brugge, Die Keure, 2021, 95-128.
• T. VOS, “Belangenconflicten in het Belgisch venootschapsrecht: een kritische analyse van het WVV na de omzetting van de Tweede Aandeelhoudersrichtlijn”, TPR 2020, 217-311.
• T. VOS, K. MORBEE, S. COOLS and M. WYCKAERT, “A cross-sectoral analysis of corporate governance provisions applicable to financial institutions: about forests and trees” in VEERLE COLAERT, DANNY BUSCH and THOMAS INCALZA (eds.), European Financial Regulation: Levelling the Cross-Sectoral Playing Field, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2019, 163-199.
• T. VOS, “De verhouding tussen loyauteitsstemrecht en het verplicht bod: een schending van de Overnamerichtlijn ?”, TRV-RPS 2019, 188-207.
• T. VOS, “‘Baby it’s cold outside …’ - A comparative and economic analysis of freeze-outs of minority shareholders”, European Company and Financial Law Review 2018, 148-196.
• R. TAS and T. VOS, “De geschillenregeling 2.0 – wijzigingen aan de geschillenregeling in het Wetboek van Vennootschappen en Verenigingen” in M. WYCKAERT (ed.), Themis 105 – Vennootschapsrecht, Brugge, Die Keure, 2018, 95-142.
• T. VOS, “De pro rata going concern waarde als uitgangspunt bij de waardering in geschillenregeling – over controlepremies, minderheidsdécotes en illiquiditeitsdécotes”, TRV-RPS 2018, 5-16.
• T. VOS, “The AkzoNobel Case: An Activist Shareholder's Battle against the Backdrop of the Shareholder Rights Directive”, European Company Law 2017, 238-243. 
• T. VOS, “Over de billijke prijs en prijsaanpassing wegens collusie bij verplicht openbaar bod”, TRV-RPS 2017, 904-911.
• T. VOS, “Uitstoting van minderheidsaandeelhouders uit genoteerde vennootschappen – rechtsvergelijkende en rechtseconomische analyse”, TRV-RPS 2017, 975-994.