Lawyers in Belgium

Kristof Zadora

Kristof Zadora is a partner of our firm’s Commercial Law department specialising on the one hand in Distribution Law and the manufacturing activities of our clients and on the other hand in IT Law, privacy and data protection. He has experience in: drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements (e.g. distribution, commercial agency, franchising, commissioning, contract manufacturing, private label, service agreements); drafting and negotiating various types of IT contracts, such as software license agreements, SaaS contracts, SLAs, software development agreements, escrow agreements, servicing & support agreements, framework contracts, general terms and conditions and so on; the application, planning and implementation of the rules in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and acts as Data Protection Officer in the context of specific assignments. Kristof, for example, provides advice on the preparation of processing registers, carries out privacy audits, elaborates step plans for the implementation of the GDPR, drafts data processing agreements and provides type communication to data subjects in the exercise of their rights, information in the context of data breaches, in the creation of a databreach register, in the drafting of privacy policies and in terms and conditions for websites; risk assessment in view of potential court cases and settlements, nationally and internationally, in particular in the framework of ERP implementations; assisting clients in negotiating and settling disputes with customers and suppliers; conducting complex litigation cases before Belgian courts and alternative dispute resolution such as arbitration (e.g. International Court of Arbitration in Paris) and mediation; advising in regards to structuring of national and international distribution networks; advising clients from a variety of industries regarding compliance with competition law; E-commerce (distance selling), electronic invoicing, commercial practices, combined offers, unfair contract terms, comparative advertising, unfair competition and related injunctions. Kristof advises clients from various industries and sectors, such as food and beverages (including supplements), medical devices, IT, technology, fashion, trading and wholesale, heavy machinery (e.g. construction, agriculture and state of the art production lines) and automotive.

Monard Law

Kurt Haegeman

Kurt Haegeman is a partner in Baker McKenzie's EU Competition & Regulatory Affairs Practice in Brussels and co-Managing Partner of the Firm's Belgian offices. Kurt has extensive experience in advising consumer goods, luxury & fashion and cosmetics clients, and clients from other industry sectors, on complex multi-jurisdictional antitrust matters, including antitrust investigations focusing on horizontal and vertical conduct, dawn raid defence and leniency strategy. Kurt's team has a particularly strong track record in developing successful defense strategies for clients that are involved in antitrust investigations. Kurt assists consumer goods, luxury & fashion and cosmetics clients regularly in the development, roll-out and policing of Europe-wide distribution systems, and he has particular expertise in advising on selective distribution and ecommerce management. Kurt has been at the forefront of Baker McKenzie's efforts to support CG&R clients in their response to some of the most prominent challenges in today's marketplace, including the acceleration of digitisation, the shifting consumer attitudes towards ESG and the increasing regulations on supply chain transparency.

Baker McKenzie BV/SRL

Kyoto Van Herreweghe

Kyoto Van Herreweghe is a Partner within our Real Estate, Environment & Public and Administrative Law department. Kyoto leads the Environment and Energy practices and has in depth experience in environmental law in the broad sense, covering urban planning, permitting, soil legislation, waste legislation and energy law, as well as in general administrative law (administrative proceedings, proceedings before the Council for Permit Disputes/Council of State). She also regularly assists clients in real estate transactions (due diligence, real estate contracts etc.).

Lydian

Kyriakos Fountoukakos

Managing Partner, Brussels

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Laetitia DE SMET

Managing Partner

DALDEWOLF

Laetitia Mouton

DLA Piper

Lancelot Clément de Cléty

Mergers, acquisitions, corporate and commercial law: Lancelot Clément de Cléty advises and supports clients in a wide range of cases. He does so as a decisive dealmaker, with a strong academic background. Lancelot insists on a very people-oriented approach, always with a view to an appropriate, realistic outcome. His goal? To help clients find solutions which they may not have thought of in the first place, but which will speed up their case. According to Lancelot, the intensive client contact, the four eyes principle and the constant aim for quality are the keys to Laurius’ success.

Laurius

Larissa De Wulf

Counsel

Tiberghien

Lars Van Bever

Partner

Eubelius

Laura Grauer

Laura Grauer primarily practises in public and administrative law areas. She essentially develops her activities in the field of public procurement (advisor in public procurement matters and litigations) and, more broadly public contracts (PPP’s, PFI’s…). In her public procurement practice, she assists contracting authorities as well as economic operators in the design and drafting of tenders, the award and the execution of procurement contracts whether they pertain to work, supplies or services. Laura represents clients in public and administrative litigation procedures. Her legal practice covers as well town planning and environmental law, especially in matters pertaining to the energy sector, in which she assists and defends major operators of the sector. She equally focuses on financial public law, with an emphasis on advising public and private operators in various interdisciplinary matters, such as public procurement of financial services (loans, derivatives, etc). She regularly litigates before the Council of State, the Constitutional Court, as well as Judiciary Courts. Laura is an assistant lecturer in Constitutional Law and Fundamental Freedoms at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Laura Grauer is ranked as a Leading Associate in Real Estate by The Legal 500.

Simont Braun

Laura Janssens

Counsel

Eubelius

Laura Pellens

Associate

AKD

Laurae Rossi

Winston Taylor

Laure Bersou

Laure Bersou is a member of the Competition Law and Regulatory practice.

Strelia

Laurens Cools

Partner

Linklaters

Laurens Engelen

Partner

Dentons

Laurent De Muyter

Partner

Jones Day

Laurent De Surgeloose

DLA Piper

Laurent Donnay de Casteau

Partner

Advisius

Laurent Godfroid

Laurent Godfroid is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels. He has recognised expertise in EU and French competition law, including mergers, vertical and horizontal agreements, abuses of dominant positions and state aid, which he has been practising for over 25 years. He also specialises in monitoring Community regulations and the questions of interpretation they may raise, in the context of legislative proposals or existing directives or regulations. In this capacity, he represents his clients before the European Commission, the Court of Justice and the French Competition Authority. Laurent specialises in several sectors: rail, road and airline transport, agro-chemicals, cloud computing, the internet and pay and free television. Laurent holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Leicester (England) and an LL.M. in Community Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). He is a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars.

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I

Laurent Pyls

Partner

Liedekerke

Laurent Robert

Laurent Robert is the co-founder of Vanderstappen Robert.

Alter Vanderstappen Robert

Laurent Verhavert

Laurent Verhavert is partner in our Corporate and M&A practice. He specialises in M&A transactions, company restructurings, and corporate law matters, including corporate real estate transactions. Laurent has a specific expertise in private equity and venture capital, including fundraising and financing matters. He notably advises biotech companies regarding corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters.

Strelia

Laurine Vanherck

Counsel

Tiberghien