Lawyers in Belgium

Johanna Rae Hudgens

Winston Taylor

Johannes Cassiman

Senior Associate Johannes Cassiman advises and assists clients in all aspects of IP protection and enforcement (advise, national and international litigation, contracts, protection strategies, etc.). He has gained valuable experience in drafting and negotiating IT-agreements (license, hosting, SaaS, IT outsourcing, software development, etc.), as well as in all aspects of data protection (GDPR compliance) and market practices (advertising, distant sales, pricing, consumer protection, etc.). References Advising and assisting a major group of Belgian Hospitals in its negotiations and contracting with a multinational IT company, regarding a multi-million contract on the hosting of its critical IT-systems and providing continuous advice on cross-border personal data transfers Advising and representing the Dutch subsidiary of a Canadian stock-listed company in litigation regarding a failed IT/e-commerce project Advising and assisting a multinational in the field of imaging solutions on obtaining digital signature certificates to participate to Belgian government tenders Advising and assisting a cloud-based accounting software provider in drafting general terms of use, privacy policy and data processing agreements and drafting and negotiating contracts with various IT-suppliers and software resellers Drafting of intra-group license agreements for proprietary CRM-software for various clients, including one of the largest Belgian HR and recruitment companies and a multinational company active in the sector of high-end design products and services Advising and representing a UK based multinational active in the production and distribution of vitamins and food supplements in a trademark conflict with a direct competitor before the General Court of the European Union Representing a major Belgian stock listed company in the recovery of its domain names before the WIPO UDRP Centre

Janson

Jolien De Troyer

Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Jonas Koponen

Partner

Cooley LLP

Jonas Van Den Bossche

Jones Day

Jonathan Birenbaum

Winston Taylor

Joost Haans

DLA Piper

Joren Jansseune

Joren Jansseune is a partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group in the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2012. Joren advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, including syndicated lending, acquisition finance, real estate finance, trade and export finance, securitization, structured finance, financial restructuring, general financing operations and security interests.

Baker McKenzie BV/SRL

Joris Beernaert KC

For more information, please click the following link: Joris Beernaert | Loyens & Loeff (loyensloeff.com)

Loyens & Loeff

Joris Cornelis

Partner

V V G B Advocaten-Avocats

Joris De Vos

Partner

Dentons

Joris Latui

DLA Piper

Jos Dumortier

Partner. Internationally renowned expert in privacy & data protection; IT, software and internet; e-signatures, e-security, e-authentication and identity management; digital and mobile marketing. Author of the Belgian 1992 Data Protection Act at the Belgian Government’s request.

Timelex

Josefine Sommer

Partner

Sidley Austin LLP

Joseph Spinks

DLA Piper

Joël de Maere d\'Aertrycke

Partner

Advisius

Juhi Dion Sud

Partner

V V G B Advocaten-Avocats

Julie De Pauw

DLA Piper

Julie Lo Bue

Julie Lo Bue is a member of our Corporate and M&A practice.

Strelia

Julie Permeke

Julie Permeke is a partner in the Tax Practice Group of the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2016 after several years of experience as a tax lawyer in other well-reputed Benelux law firms. She also works as a voluntary researcher in the tax department of the Free University of Brussels. Julie has been listed as a recommended tax lawyer in the Legal 500. Julie has 10 years of extensive experience in tax controversy and tax advisory work. She has significant experience in complex procedural and dispute resolution tax matters, and represents clients at every stage of a tax dispute (e.g., assisting during tax audits, negotiating settlements, filing tax complaints and representing before the tax courts). She assists clients facing complex national or multijurisdictional tax audits and helps clients to deal with (or preparing for) tax dawn raids (including e-discovery matters). Julie also has extensive experience in national and international tax planning. She developed particular expertise in the field of wealth management, assisting financial intermediaries and high-net-worth individuals on personal tax planning and management of estates. In this context, she has also assisted many high-net-worth individuals with migrations from and to Belgium.

Baker McKenzie BV/SRL

Julien Bogaerts

Partner

Stibbe

Julien Hick

Partner

AKD

Julien Lecler

For more information, please click the following link: Julien Lecler | Loyens & Loeff (loyensloeff.com)

Loyens & Loeff

Julien Sad

Julien is a senior associate in our Finance & Financial Regulation group and a member of the firm's international payments team. Building on years of experience as a banking lawyer, in both private practice and in-house for a global investment bank, Julien advises various stakeholders in the payment ecosystem, such as payment schemes, payments services providers (including issuers, acquirers, TPPs), processors/gateways, as well as merchants (including e-commerce platforms). He is qualified to provide legal advice under EU and Belgian law, but he also regularly assists clients with their financial regulatory issues around the globe by working closely with our dedicated network of lawyers. Julien's practice area includes a wide range of payment-related regulatory topics, essentially the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), 'level-2' documents under PSD2 such as the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), the Payment Account Directive (PAD), the EU Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR), the EU Cross-Border Regulation (CBPR), the EU SEPA Regulation (SEPA). His expertise also extends to credits, electronic money, cryptos and anti-money laundering legislations. Julien frequently speaks and publishes on these topics, but more particularly he has authored chapters on payments in two Belgian law reference books, namely the "Traité pratique de droit commercial" and the "Répertoire pratique de droit belge". Before joining Bird & Bird, Julien worked for an international and a top-notch boutique law firm, where he gained substantial contentious and non-contentious experience in the area of banking and finance law. From a regulatory perspective, he has advised various clients on a number of payments-related topics and assisted them with the launch of new products in the market, such as electronic wallets and virtual accounts. Julien has also gained experience in OTC derivative transactions, such as currency and interest rate swaps, options, as well as securities lending and repurchase transactions, in connection with various master agreements (such as ISDA, GMRA, GMSLA, or EMA). As part of his litigation experience, Julien represented multiple Belgian banks in civil procedures on topics ranging from payment services (for example, unauthorised/fraudulent transactions, antitrust claim in the payment card market) to derivatives, mainly in the form of interest rate swaps. He also helped clients with litigation matters relating to lending, investment services, portfolio management and security interests, including enforcement.

Bird & Bird