Raphaël became a member of the Liège Bar in 2003. He is a partner in Matray, Matray & Hallet and works out of our offices in Liège. Raphaël holds a qualification from the University of Liège; he holds two special qualifications, one in tax law, the other in the work of notaries. He has been a lecturer in the tax law and public financial law department at the University of Liège since 2006. He is also a member of the Tax Institute at the University of Liège, and has collaborated on the ‘Recueil Général de l’Enregistrement et du Notariat’ publication since 2008.

His preferred areas of practice are tax law, notarial law (property, inheritance, divorce, etc), and business law. On a daily basis, Raphaël advises private individuals and businesses in their relations with the tax authorities (VAT, personal income tax, company tax, registration duty, inheritance tax, etc), including actual litigation proceedings (administrative claims and legal representation in court) and where there is a risk of litigation proceedings (tax conciliation, tax adjustments). He regularly advises on property sales, organising the termination of undivided ownership (as a result of inheritance, divorce, etc), and drafting partition agreements. Raphaël also has considerable experience in company law, including the creation of companies and subsidiaries, opening branches, drafting shareholder and management agreements, and assisting in the process of transferring the ownership of a business or a merger.

Raphaël has written many publications on tax law and the sale of property.

His working languages are French and English.