Multidisciplinary collaboration for businesses, VB-Alliance as a high-performance international player

Being an entrepreneur today has become a complex endeavour.

Often, business leaders cannot fully focus on their core business due to numerous daily concerns that can burden both the development of their company and their own sense of satisfaction and comfort.

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A Challenging Search for Suitable Partners

Finding suitable partners and advisors is a common stumbling block: advisors must not only fit the DNA of the entrepreneur and their business, but they must also excel in their job and work well together solely in the interest of their client and their business.

This search often relies on recommendations from others, chance encounters, or advertisements. Frequently, misjudgements are made, leading to stress, disappointment, and a loss of time and money.

Think of legal advisors, tax experts, accountants, but also insurers, real estate specialists, credit providers, HR specialists, back-office suppliers, IT, and (digital) marketers, among others. Most businesses, regardless of their field or activity, typically need all these services, often simultaneously.

VB Alliance as a unique solution

To address this ongoing frustration, Jo Vanbelle, the founder and managing partner of Vanbelle Law Boutique, had long envisioned creating a multidisciplinary platform where all these services are offered in one place by (independent) partners who know each other well, share the same values, standards, and working methods, and are well-coordinated.

Traditionally, certain (protected) professional groups have long resisted such extensive collaborations, but competition from abroad and the evolution of (European) legislation and jurisprudence made it possible for such a platform to successfully launch last year with the approval of the Bar Association.

Thus, VB Alliance (www.vb-alliance.com) emerged as a multidisciplinary partnership of professionals in various complementary sectors, providing entrepreneurs with a single point of contact (“one-stop-shop”) that coordinates everything with other partners. This results in enormous gains in time and efficiency, and thus in cost and profitability.

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The undeniable benefits for startups

Consider, for example, a startup that approaches the law firm for general advice (establishing a company versus a sole proprietorship, invoice terms, lease agreements, trademark registration), then decides to establish a company and set up their activity in a nice office space in Antwerp.

Thanks to VB Alliance, the startup entrepreneur can simultaneously take care of their financial plan and accounting (VB Tax & Accountancy), open a bank account for the newly formed company and finance the office setup (VB Loans), subscribe to fire and car insurance (VB Insurance), find a suitable office space (VB Real Estate), and furnish, equip, and clean it (VB Facilities).

The law firm then coordinates the entire process and drafts the necessary accompanying documents and deeds. In a later phase (post-startup), various evaluation moments will examine how things can be done more efficiently, better, cheaper, or more tax-efficiently. Other partners can again play a significant role (e.g., investing in real estate, group insurance, etc.).

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The benefits of international expertise

This multidisciplinary approach, as implemented by VB Alliance, is exceptional and addresses many daily concerns of entrepreneurs in Belgium and abroad.

Existing businesses looking to expand, invest abroad, or open a new branch, as well as foreign companies entering Belgium, face the same challenges as startups.

The high level of specialization of Vanbelle Law Boutique in international business support is a significant advantage, continuously motivating other partners to engage in training and joining a high-quality international organization of advisory firms such as XLNC (www.xlnc.org).