Our team

Exelia is a team. Not an empty catchword or concept but an actual team. No, a true team. Exelia decided that it would be and remain a human scaled undertaking, focused on the efficient contribution of its members and a constant care for high quality legal services. The distribution of responsibilities and roles within the firm was thought out in order to allow each member’s abilities to be exploited at their best and in the client’s best interest. Beyond the individuals who compose it, this is a team that we are proud of introducing you to.

Alain Hirsch

Alain HIRSCH is a partner of the firm since 2002, having started his career in 1996.

He is the head of the business law department and uses his specialization in tax law in conjunction with his preferential daily practice in contract and corporate law. Alain HIRSCH and Exelia’s specialists help companies, private or public, to determine the legal strategy of their economic life. He also advises on commercial law, including the efficient collection of debts. Active in the Union des Praticiens de la Fiscalité (UPF) as a speaker and member of the Executive Committee, Alain HIRSCH is responsible for the administrative and financial management and communication of Exelia.

 alain.hirsch@exelia.be

 

Expertise:

  • Commercial and non-profit undertakings
  • Contract law
  • Debt Collection and Client Risk Management
  • Government and public sector
  • Tax law

Practice areas:

  • commercial law
  • company law
  • contract law
  • corporate law
  • Tax law, in particular government taxation

Diana Mlakar

Diana Mlakar has been an attorney since 2024. After an initial three-year professional experience in consultancy within Deloitte’s VAT team, she joined the firm PB Avocats on Réunion Island as a legal assistant. She then worked with the firm Doutrelepont & Associés, before joining Exelia in February 2026.
She holds a Master’s degree in Economic and Social Law as well as an advanced Master’s degree in Tax Law, both obtained from the Université libre de Bruxelles.
Her practice covers a broad range of matters in economic law, including corporate law, civil law, tax law, contract law and intellectual property law. She also practises public law, including administrative law and public procurement law.

 diana.mlakar@exelia.be

 

Expertise:

  • Commercial and non-profit undertakings
  • Contract law
  • Debt Collection and Client Risk Management
  • Tax law

Practice areas:

  • civil law
  • commercial law
  • contract law
  • corporate law
  • public law
  • public procurement law
  • tax law

Malorie Deboni

Holding a degree in Psychological Sciences (UCLouvain), Malorie Deboni has worked in a variety of fields, including academic research, clinical neuropsychology, medico-legal expertise and web writing. The rigour and method she has developed through these experiences now enable her to manage Exelia’s administrative operations, particularly invoicing and debt collection.

 malorie.deboni@exelia.be

Michèle Leempoels

Michèle LEEMPOELS holds a law degree from the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and uses her experience and expertise, particularly developed in the areas of marketing and communication, to assist EXELIA’s lawyers in case management and client service. While she masters all aspects of traditional secretarial work, her experience also enables her to provide qualified assistance in the drafting and/or correction of legal texts.

 michele.leempoels@exelia.be

Marlon Santana da Silva

With a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a Master’s degree in Project Management, Marlon joined Exelia as Office Manager in 2020. As a management controller for 6 years abroad and as a coordinator in administrative, financial and human resources management in a Belgian ASBL since 2018, he joined our administrative team to enable Exelia to accompany the evolution of the digitalization of the justice system as well as the modernization of the profession.

 marlon.santana@exelia.be

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