Lawyers in Belgium
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Ewoud Hacke
Senior Associate
Dentons
Eyman Yourin
Eyman Yourin graduated in July 2021 as Master of Law at the University of Antwerp. During his studies, he focused on economic and corporate law. Since March 2022, he has been a member of the Brussels Bar. In 2024, he obtained an Advanced Master’s degree in Corporate Law from KU Leuven, after which he joined in August 2024 the intui team.
intui
Fabian Tchekemian
Partner
DALDEWOLF
Falk Schöning
Partner
Hogan Lovells International LLP
Fanny Laune
Fanny Laune has extensive experience in civil and commercial litigation, as well as in commercial transactions. She has also specific expertise in insolvency law, assisting Belgian and international clients in the various insolvency proceedings (bankruptcy, liquidation, judicial reorganisation). She also advises them upstream of these proceedings, particularly in relation to securities. Additionally, she is a member of the international network Insol Europe (the European association of restructuring and insolvency professionals) and serves on the Insolvency Commission of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA). After more than ten years as an assistant professor for the Civil Procedure course at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Fanny continued as a scientific collaborator within the university’s Judicial Law Unit. This in-depth knowledge of procedural law provides significant added value for our clients in the resolution of their disputes. Complementing her extensive litigation experience, Fanny Laune is also an accredited mediator in civil and commercial matters with the Federal Mediation Commission. She supports our clients not only in all types of disputes before national courts but also in the mediation process, an increasingly favored alternative dispute resolution method. She is recognised by The Legal 500 as a Key Lawyer in Dispute Resolution. Fanny has authored several publications in civil procedural law, alternative dispute resolution methods, and related issues. Recently, she co-authored the three volumes of a compendium on general civil procedural law (X., Droit du procès civil. Volume 1, 2 et 3 – sous la direction scientifique de Jacques Englebert et Xavier Taton, Limal, Anthémis, 2018-2019-2022). Fanny Laune is a recipient of the Paul Foriers Prize (ULB – 2004) and the René Marcq Prize (ULB – 2008). She also completed an LL.M. at UC Berkeley School of Law (2011–2012) under a Fulbright scholarship.
Simont Braun
Felix Dobbelaere
Partner
Eubelius
Femke Tordeur
Femke Tordeur obtained a master’s degree in law in 2019 and has been part of the Laurius corporate & real estate department ever since. Belgian corporate law, contract law, financial law or real estate law: Femke advises clients with a pragmatic view and special empathy, always focusing on an approach and solution that best suits their unique situation. The added value of Laurius? For Femke, it is the practical approach to her cases and her concise and easy-to-read advice. The dedication to clients and easy accessibility – by e-mail, telephone, video conference or face-to-face meeting – are the Laurius work ethics which Femke, as a lawyer, can perfectly identify with. Femke has already assisted various companies in merger, takeover and restructuring projects. Real estate transactions also fit within her area of expertise, in which she advises and assists her clients from the front row.
Laurius
Ferdinand Brughmans
Partner
Jones Day
Fernand de Visscher
Fernand de Visscher (Of Counsel) is a specialist in intellectual property. He notably handles questions relating to patents and to the protection of designs and artistic and literary works. Fernand’s experience also includes media law, distribution (dealerships, franchises, etc.), computer science, the internet, domain names, including contract law and competition issues in these fields. He assists Belgian and international enterprises in these areas, covering a wide range of structural and contractual operations and disputes requiring resolution via negotiation, mediation or pleadings before Belgian and European courts. He is admitted to the WIPO List of Neutrals as a WIPO Arbitrator, and to the list of third party deciders accredited by the French Bar Association of Brussels in the context of the binding third party decision procedures (more information available here). Fernand is also registered as UPC representative (Unified Patent Court), assisting clients in navigating the increasingly complex European patent landscape as the new court and its case law develop. He is also a member of our Supreme Court team and assists them in matters relating to intellectual property, market practices and competition law. From 2006 until 2022, he was appointed by the FPS Economy for his legal expertise for serving as president of the Industrial Property section of the Council for Intellectual Property. The main mission of the Council is to provide the Minister responsible for intellectual property with advice on any matter relating to intellectual property, in particular in the law-making process. Fernand de Visscher is a former lecturer in design law at the Centre for International Studies in Intellectual Property (CEIPI, Strasbourg) and was visiting lecturer in IP contract law at UCLouvain from 2007 to 2017. He is ranked as a Senior Statesperson in Intellectual Property by Chambers & Partners, in the Silver Band in Patents by iAM Patent and recognised as a Patent Star by IP Stars. He is Recommended in Patents by Who’s Who Legal (Global Leaders Guide). Fernand is the author and co-author of a number of publications in these areas of practice, including Précis du droit d’auteur et des droits voisins (2000) and La saisie-description et sa réforme (2010). He is a member of the editorial board of Revue de Droit Intellectuel l’Ingénieur-Conseil and of Journal des Tribunaux. Fernand de Visscher is also a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) (and former president of its Belgian group; member of honour, 2022) and of the International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI), the Benelux Association of Trade Mark and Design Law (BMM), the Licensing Executives’ Society (LES) and the European Patent Lawyers’ Association (EPLAW), of which he was a co-founder and the first secretary as a board member from 2000 to 2005.
Simont Braun
Fien Leers
Fien is an associate in our Corporate & Finance team, bringing a background in notarial law and a strong interest in both corporate and financial matters. Fien joined Quinz in 2025 and is a member of the Brussels Bar.
Quinz
Filip De Preter
Counsel
Liedekerke
Filip Desmedt
Filip Desmedt is a partner at Astrea and specializes in commercial and economic law, distribution and agencies, IT and media, and collection, seizure and insolvency. He advises actors in the industrial, commercial and retail sectors on the conclusion of national and international trade contracts and assists them in legal proceedings. His many years of experience in (inter)national distribution contracts ensure that Filip is particularly competent in litigation regarding the (non-)execution of commercial contracts, although avoiding litigation is of course his preference. Filip closely monitors changes in the European legislation are closely followed, looking for possible opportunities for the client. Filip is committed to communicating the often highly technical content to his clients in a practical and understandable way.
ASTREA CVBA
Filip Jenné
Partner
Eubelius
Filip Lecoutre
Partner
Linklaters
Filip Saelens
For more information, please click the following link: Filip Saelens | Loyens & Loeff (loyensloeff.com)
Loyens & Loeff
Fiona Carlin
Fiona Carlin heads the EU Competition & Regulatory Affairs Practice at Baker McKenzie Belgium. She is based in the Brussels office. She is the former chief executive of Baker McKenzie's EMEA region and the former chair of the Firm's Global Competition and Antitrust Law Practice comprising more than 320 lawyers in over 40 countries. She has remained an active practitioner throughout her various leadership roles with a particular focus on regulated industries. Fiona was a founding and long-standing member of Baker McKenzie's Global Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is dedicated to creating an inclusive high-performance culture where the talent of our lawyers and business professionals can flourish. Fiona advises clients on a wide range of competition law issues, including merger control, the structuring of distribution networks, state aid grants, compliance programmes and the defence of clients involved in competition investigations up to the appeal stage before the European courts in Luxembourg. Her focus is predominantly on the life sciences, consumer goods and industrials segments. Fiona has a stellar success rate before the European courts in competition and state aid cases. She has served as key adviser to the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations ever since the European Commission's pharmaceutical sector inquiry was launched in 2007.
Baker McKenzie BV/SRL
Florence Colpaert
Florence is a Partner in the Corporate and M&A practice. Specialist areas: mergers and acquisitions private equity corporate restructuring joint ventures corporate litigation Florence has recently advised in numerous transactions for private equity funds, having acted for purchasers and vendors including assistance through auction process, (vendor) due diligence and transactional work. Florence has also recently advised in a number of joint venture transactions in the energy and telecommunications sectors. She is often called upon by major international law firms for the Belgian aspects of their corporate work.
Lydian
Florence Danis
Partner
Linklaters
Florence Verhoestraete
Partner
NautaDutilh
Folkert Graafsma
Partner (Co-founder)
V V G B Advocaten-Avocats
France Englebert
I am a partner in the Brussels office and lead the Belgian Real Estate practice.
Fieldfisher
France Maussion
Partner
Stibbe
France Vlassembrouck
France is a partner in our Real Estate & Administrative Law practice. France is an accomplished litigator and transactional lawyer. Her extensive expertise in real estate, planning, environment and public procurement allows her to offer clients a multidisciplinary approach throughout the full life cycle of major infrastructure or development projects. She is highly regarded for her handling of all project stages, i.e. from all aspects related to the development phase (e.g. public procurement & PPP, concessions, expropriations, zoning rules, permits, grants) to the negotiation of the contracts (e.g. public and construction contracts, vesting of real estate rights) and, if required, court proceedings. As a leading administrative law expert, she advises both public bodies and private clients who she successfully represents in the transactional phase or defends in court. She regularly pleads before the Council of State and the Constitutional Court. France is a regular guest speaker at conferences and seminars and has also published various articles on her specialisation topics.
Strelia
France Wilmet
Partner France Wilmet joined Janson as a partner in October 2017. She has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 1988 and of the Paris Bar since 1993. France has acquired significant experience in business law and contract law, both with Belgian and foreign clients. She is particularly specialised in financial law (acquisition finance, asset management, commodity finance, derivatives, regulatory finance, regulatory insurance...). References Advisor to a US corporation in the structuring of its Belgian securities to guarantee its financing Advisor to a US bank on the structuring of its security on commodities located in Belgium Drafting of loan documentation for the financing of a real estate acquisition Advisor to a leading US rigid packaging company in one of the largest ever acquisitions of the business unit of a parent company insolvent in Europe under the common European insolvency regulations Assistance to a consortium of lenders in the setting up of mortgages and floating charges by Belgian borrowers and guarantors
Janson