Lawyers in Belgium

June Desmit

June is an associate in our Life Sciences & Technology team. She joined Quinz in 2024 and is a member of the Brussels Bar.

Quinz

Jurgen De Vreese

Jurgen is a Partner in the Employment, Pensions & Benefits practice.

Lydian

Jurgen Goyvaerts

Jurgen Goyvaerts is a seasoned partner at Aurion Law, specialising in national and cross-border employment law, with over 25 years of experience advising organisations on the full spectrum of employment-related matters. His client base spans commercial companies, pension funds, educational institutions, municipalities, and larger not-for-profit organisations, who rely on his expertise for both strategic guidance and day-to-day HR legal support. Jurgen is particularly known for his technical knowledge and pragmatic approach in areas such as industrial relations, workforce restructurings, optimisation of remuneration packages, and occupational pensions. Over the years, he has developed niche expertise in pension law, advising pension funds and employers on regulatory compliance, governance, and pension scheme structuring. While Jurgen enjoys representing clients before the courts, his practice is predominantly focused on providing solution-oriented, hands-on consultancy tailored to the operational needs of his clients. In addition to his legal practice, Jurgen has been sharing his expertise as a guest professor at KU Leuven for nearly a decade, further strengthening his position as a thought leader in employment law and occupational pensions. Clients value Jurgen’s combination of in-depth legal insight, responsiveness, and practical problem-solving skills, making him a trusted advisor for complex and technical employment law issues as well as day-to-day challenges.

Aurion

Jérémie Doornaert

Jérémie is a Partner in our Dispute Resolution group in Brussels. As the Brussels office’s data protection expert, Jérémie advises clients on complex data protection and privacy issues including but not limited to full audit of processing activities, deploying GDPR compliance program, drafting all types of documents to ensure GDPR compliance and training relevant stakeholders. He also represents clients in commercial and IP litigation before the courts and advises clients on a wide range of contracts in the Life Sciences sector and commercial law (including soft IP, trade practices and regulatory legislation in the medical sector). Jérémie is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars. He also provides GDPR tailor made training sessions to the Life Sciences industry. Thanks to several secondments within major pharmaceutical and medical devices companies, Jérémie has acquired an in-depth knowledge of the Life Sciences sector. Jérémie is also the author of a book on GDPR and Belgian data protection law and the co-author of a Treaty of pharmaceutical law (both Kluwer publishing).

Simmons & Simmons

Jérôme Aubertin

Partner

Stibbe

Jérôme Vermeylen

Partner

ALTIUS

Jörg Hladjk

Partner

Jones Day

Kaarli Eichhorn

Jones Day

Kaat Scheerlinck

DLA Piper

Karel De Smet

Local Partner

NautaDutilh

Karen De Braekeleer

Partner

Andersen

Karen Janssens

Karen Janssens is a Counsel in our Commercial & Litigation. Karen has a particular focus on: Commercial agreements Product Liability – Product recall Insurance Professional liability Unfair market practices

Lydian

Karen Vermaere

Karen Vermaere is a senior partner and has been a lawyer at the Antwerp Bar since 2001. She assists clients with challenging projects and advises companies on all aspects of commercial transactions. Karen combines this non-litigation practice, often in regulated sectors, with dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. For over 20 years, Karen has been challenging herself to set the bar high. Critical and demanding of the work that each person at Laurius does for clients. Focusing on providing the best professional support for the Laurius team. Efficient, responsive and qualitative towards clients: Karen guides them with sincerity, empathy and dedication, always aiming for the most pragmatic solution.

Laurius

Karl Kurzatkowski

Winston Taylor

Katarzyna Czapracka

Partner

White & Case LLP

Katharina Bongs

Counsel Katharina Bongs focuses on EU and German competition law and EU trade law. EU Competition Law Katharina represents clients in German and EU cartel and merger control cases. She acts before the European Commission, the EU Court of Justice and in national competition proceedings. She has experience advising in cartel defence cases, including leniency and settlement proceedings. Furthermore, she assists clients on how to structure their agreements to ensure competition law compliance and organises customised EU and German competition law compliance programmes. She deals with cases in a range of sectors, including intellectual property, industrial products, waste management and recycling. ​Trade & Customs Law In the field of trade law, Katharina specialises in EU customs law. Her expertise extends to advising clients on multi-jurisdictional customs matters, including classification, origin and valuation issues. She has experience in the field of duty suspensions, quotas, customs compliance and OLAF proceedings. She represents clients before national customs administrations, German courts and the European Commission. Katharina is also part of the regulatory team and routinely deals with legal questions involving chemicals. Katharina is qualified as a German lawyer.

Van Bael & Bellis

Kato Aerts

Kato Aerts is a ¨Partner in our Employment, Pensions and Benefits practice. Kato specializes in both individual and collective employment law in general and has a particular focus on international employment.

Lydian

Katrien Vorlat

Katrien Vorlat is a partner in our Corporate and M&A practice.

Strelia

Kelly Moens

Counsel

Eubelius

Ken Lioen

Managing Partner

NautaDutilh

Kevin Atkins

Kevin Atkins is a partner in the Firm’s Energy, Environment & Infrastructure Practice group. He advises multinational clients in the traditional energy and energy transition sector on corporate and financing transactions. He has extensive experience with complex cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, joint venture structures and project financing energy and infrastructure assets. He has also advised energy companies raising capital across the debt and equity markets. He has represented clients across the North Sea, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the US.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kevin Munungu

Kevin is an attorney in the Regulatory, Public & Administrative Law department in our Brussels office. He advises both Belgian and international clients on regulatory matters and public procurements across several sectors, advising clients at the intersection of government and business. Kevin advises Belgian and international clients across various industries, including life sciences, energy, and defence, on both contentious and non-contentious matters. His practice focuses on assisting clients with regulatory challenges and public procurement matters, including litigation. Working alongside our international offices, Kevin helps clients navigate complex cross-border issues involving authorisations, compliance strategies, and regulatory enforcement proceedings. A significant part of his practice involves public procurement law, where Kevin assists companies and government entities throughout the procurement process: from analysing tender documentation and formulating strategic questions to procuring entities, through to court representation when disputes arise. This work encompasses procurements by national authorities as well as international organisations such as the European Union institutions, NATO, NSPA, the World Bank, and Interpol. Kevin is recognised in the legal directories as a Key Lawyer in handling public procurement matters (Legal 500, 2025). Kevin also advises on emerging sustainability obligations, including compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and evolving environmental regulations.

Bird & Bird

Kim Dietzel

Partner, London & Brussels

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Kim Stas

Kim Stas is a counsel in the Corporate Finance Practice of the Brussels office. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2008 after several years of experience in another international law firm. Kim advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate reorganizations as well as corporate governance and compliance.

Baker McKenzie BV/SRL