Lawyers in Belgium

Patrick Rubens

Patrick Rubens is a partner at Quadrant Advocaten.

Quadrant

Patrick Van Eecke

Partner

Cooley LLP

Patrick Van Leynseele

Of Counsel

DALDEWOLF

Paul Alain Foriers

Paul-Alain Foriers is a lawyer at the Supreme Court and, since September 1, 2024, Dean of its Bar. He combines an active practice of litigation and of advisory work. He handles complex disputes in civil, commercial, corporate and financial laws, before all jurisdictions. He provides advice on complex questions of civil law. Paul-Alain Foriers was one of the four experts appointed by the Minister of Justice to work on the reform of the Companies Code, which entered into force in May 2019. Today he is an ordinary professor emeritus at the Université Libre de Bruxelles where he taught until 2017, in particular the law of contracts and obligations and until September 2022 the in-depth company law course. Since 2021, he is co-chairman of the commission charged by the Minister of Justice with the reform of special contracts (book 7 of the (new) Civil Code). Paul-Alain is the author of numerous contributions and publications in the fields of contracts, company law and financial law (takeover bids, market abuses, shareholding transparency, etc.). He is the author of a thesis: « La caducité des obligations contractuelles par disparition d’un élément essentiel à leur formation » (Bruylant, 1998). He is a regular speaker at leading law seminars in Belgium and a member of the editing committee of the “Revue Critique de Jurisprudence Belge” and of the “Répertoire Pratique de Droit Belge”. He is ranked as a Senior Statesman in Dispute Resolution by Chambers & Partners, where sources praise him as a “clever, top-level lawyer”. He is also considered a Global Leader in Corporate Governance in Who’s Who Legal. Finally, Paul-Alain is recommended as a Key Lawyer in Corporate M&A and Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500. Paul-Alain Foriers was the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles from 2004 to 2009 and held the “Francqui Chair” of the Katholieke Universiteit van Leuven (KUL) in 2004-2005.

Simont Braun

Paul Geerebaert

Partner

Liedekerke

Paul Greaves

Dual-qualified in England and Wales and Belgium, Paul Greaves leverages his substantial international experience to deliver ready-to-implement solutions to his clients’ data and technology-related challenges. Paul advises on all aspects of privacy, cyber, and data law across a diverse range of clients - from global technology firms to life sciences startups expanding into Europe. His extensive experience includes advising on EU and UK GDPR compliance projects, cross-border data transfers, and personal data breaches. Paul also regularly advises multinational companies on EU digital strategy laws including the EU AI Act, Cyber Resilience Act, Digital Services Act, and Data Act. Paul also has experience working as an in-house privacy lawyer in a highly regulated sector and studied law in Paris.

Alston & Bird LLP

Paul Hermant

As a partner in our Corporate & Finance group in Brussels, Paul is a highly experienced negotiator of corporate and financial transactions and an expert adviser on financial regulations. Paul has a recognised expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, securities offerings and take-over bids, as well as in project and acquisition finance. He also assists clients on their compliance with financial regulations and in corporate and financial litigation, including shareholders' disputes, directors' liability and cases relating to financial products and services. The feedback he is proudest of is the ability to translate business goals into contractual terms, regulatory strategies or dispute resolution, and to find solutions to the most intricate questions or situations.

Bird & Bird

Paul Van der Putten

Partner

Stibbe

Paul van den Bulck

Partner

AKD

Paulette Vander Schueren

Partner

Mayer Brown

Pauline Hellemans

DLA Piper

Pavlina Chopova-Leprêtre

Partner

Mayer Brown

Pei Fang Lo

Senior Counsel Pei Fang Lo focuses on international trade law and corporate governance matters in Taiwan. Pei Fang has extensive experience in anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations initiated by the government authorities of the EU, USA, Canada, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Argentina and Taiwan. She also advises companies in contract negotiations, dispute settlements, mergers and acquisitions and other cross-border transactions.

Van Bael & Bellis

Peter Callens

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

Loyens & Loeff

Peter Craddock

Partner

Keller and Heckman LLP

Peter De Ryck

Peter has a particular focus on: corporate law mergers and acquisitions private equity venture capital real estate equity capital markets Peter is a trusted adviser to industrial and strategic buyers, private equity and corporate finance houses, financial institutions and real estate investors. He is especially active in the food and beverage, leisure, transport, service, insurance, energy and ICT sectors.

Lydian

Peter Kugel

Partner

V V G B Advocaten-Avocats

Peter L'Ecluse

Partner Peter L’Ecluse focuses on life sciences, competition law and intellectual property (IP) rights. Life SciencesPeter’s expertise encompasses a wide range of areas, including registration, pricing and reimbursement matters, advertising issues and all aspects of competition law. He has successfully represented clients before civil courts, as well as Belgium’s administrative court, the Council of State, in challenging reimbursement decisions and rules imposing prescription requirements on physicians. Competition Law Peter has been involved in most of the significant cases arising before the Belgian competition authorities. His expertise in this area extends to merger control, dominant market positions and procedural issues. IP RightsPeter’s patent litigation practice focuses on the life sciences industry. For several years, he has acted as co-counsel for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, handling multi-jurisdictional patent litigation while defending valuable patents covering various active substances against generic competitors. Peter also acted as co-counsel in proceedings before the European Patent Office and the Belgian courts for a major medical devices company in patent litigation which covered three jurisdictions. He often advises on supplementary protection certificate patent extension issues and assists clients in dealing with counterfeit trade in pharmaceuticals.

Van Bael & Bellis

Peter Rowland

Of Counsel, Brussels

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Peter Suykens

Partner

EY Law

Peter Verhaeghe

Partner (Co-founder)

V V G B Advocaten-Avocats

Peter Wytinck

Partner

Stibbe

Peter-Jan Smet

DLA Piper

Petr Bartoš

Petr Bartoš is a senior associate in the firm's Brussels office. He is a member of the Antitrust, Competition, and Trade Regulation practice group. Petr is an EU trade and regulatory lawyer, with a public affairs experience. He regularly provides legal and policy advice in matters concerning EU trade, notably EU restrictive measures and export control, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and EU regulatory law, with a particular focus on digital regulation. Petr has advised clients on all sides of their international trade operations, helping them to ensure their compliance with EU trade legislation, including by assisting them with developing of internal compliance policies and processes. He also reviews prospective transactions with respect to their likelihood of affecting security or public order triggering potential FDI reviews, and coordinates multi-jurisdictional FDI notifications.

K&L Gates GP