Lawyers in Belgium

Hans-Georg Kamann

Vice Chair of WilmerHale's Antitrust and Competition Practice

WilmerHale

Harald Weiß

Harald advises on all aspects of German and European competition law, including antitrust, private antitrust litigation, merger control, EU state aid law and Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). His practice also includes advice on EU law. Harald is frequently representing clients before the European Commission and the Court of Justice of the EU.

Gleiss Lutz

Hazel O'Keeffe

Partner

Keller and Heckman LLP

Heidi Waem

DLA Piper

Hein Hobbelen

Hein is a Competition and Trade Partner at Bird & Bird in Brussels admitted to the Brussels and Amsterdam bars and currently holds the position of Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the International Bar Association's Communications Committee. Hein has more than 20 years of experience in Competition, Trade and TMT regulatory cases. Hein and his team assist clients in cases in these fields in front of the European Commission and other (national) competition and sector regulatory authorities. His practice spans sectors ranging from TMT and pharmaceuticals to security services, retail, paper/packaging, energy, chemicals, and many others. Hein co-heads our integrated Brussels Competition, Trade and Public Affairs practice and the Brussels TMT sector group.

Bird & Bird

Heleen Franco

Lawyer

AKD

Helena Mercken

Laurius

Hendrik Viaene

Partner in the EU Competition Team

Fieldfisher

Henk Vanhulle

Partner

Linklaters

Henk Verstraete

Partner

Stibbe

Henri d\'Ursel

Henri d'Ursel is head of the Brussels real estate practice. Henri's expertise encompasses all aspects of real estate law, including acquisitions, sales, reorganisations and developments. He focuses on significant transactions for leading market players in both the domestic and international markets. Henri's work products cover all stages of the property life cycle. His client base includes large international real estate investment companies, funds, and hospitality and leisure players, as well as family investment trusts.

Clifford Chance

Herman Craeninckx

Herman Craeninckx is a Counsel in the employment, pensions & benefits department for Belgium. He specialises in collective and individual employment law, and his main focus is on company restructuring (closure, collective dismissal, transfer of undertakings), including assistance in social conflicts, termination of employment contracts (especially for protected employees and high-level executives), review of salary packages (including warrants and other benefits), terms and conditions of employment vs self-employed consulting contracts and litigation before labour courts. Over the years, Herman has developed close relationships with government authorities, professional federations and public administrations. Moreover, in recent years, he has been involved in devising labour and operational strategies at board level for various listed and non-listed companies. Herman has a strong reputation for his successful negotiations with labour unions, and he is recognised as a deal maker between companies and these unions. Herman is a member of the EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association), BECI (Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry) and ADP Bru-Bra (Association des Professionnels en Ressources Humaines).

Littler

Herman De Wilde

Senior counsel

EY Law

Hugo Franchimont

Hugo is an associate in our Dispute Resolution team, focusing on national and international commercial litigation and arbitration, with a special interest in economic law and white-collar crime. He joined Quinz in 2025 and is a member of the Brussels Bar.

Quinz

Hugo Keulers

Hugo is a partner in the Commercial and Dispute Resolution practices and heads the Insurance and Reinsurance team. He is one of the only Belgian lawyers with considerable experience and expertise in complex reinsurance disputes before the Belgian Courts. Hugo’s practise today is focused on large and complex liability and insurance claims in areas such as All Risk Property, Construction All Risk Insurance, ALOP Insurance, D&O, Professional Indemnity and Product Liability Insurance. He is the trusted advisor of a large number of international and Belgian insurers on complex and sensitive legal issues, often with an important financial and/or international impact. Hugo also handles arbitration and mediation cases. He acted as counsel, arbitrator and mediator.

Lydian

Hugo Paemen

Ambassador Hugo Paemen has been a key player in the European Union's trade policy for the last 40 years, first as the EU chief negotiator during the entire length of the Uruguay Round which led to the creation of the World Trade Organization and later as the EU Ambassador to the United States. A senior statesman in the Brussels and Washington trade community, he brings extensive experience in high-level policy making to clients.

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Héloïse Fostier

Héloïse is a counsel in our Commercial and Dispute Resolution practice and our Insurance & Reinsurance industry department.

Lydian

Hélène Boland

Senior Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Ian Arnouts

Counsel

Stibbe

Ian Giles

Norton Rose Fulbright

Ignace Claeys

Partner

Eubelius

Ignace Vernimme

Partner

Stibbe

Ignacio Escondrillas

DLA Piper

Igor Danilov

Counsel

Dentons