Lawyers in Belgium

Petra Linsmeier

Petra is Head of Gleiss Lutz' antitrust practice. She regularly advises national and international clients on all aspects of German and European antitrust law, i.e. cartels, mergers and dominance issues. She focuses among others on the consumer goods industry and the sector’s competition law topics, such as potential vertical restrictions, selective distribution and platform bans. Petra also regularly advises on compliance issues and internal investigations.

Gleiss Lutz

Philip Peerens

Associate Partner

EY Law

Philip Van Steenwinkel

Partner

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Philipp Werner

Partner

Jones Day

Philippe Baert

Philippe Baert is a senior associate in the Brussels office of Clifford Chance, who is qualified in Belgium (advocaat / avocat) and England and Wales (solicitor). He advises on a wide range of cross-border M&A transactions, project financings and large infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on the renewable energy sector and the energy transition. He is a member of Clifford Chance’s worldwide construction group and clean Hydrogen taskforce where he focuses on midstream issues and structural elements of market design.

Clifford Chance

Philippe Campolini

Partner

Stibbe

Philippe De Baere

Philippe De Baere is a senior partner in the VBB trade practice. His practice focuses on EU and WTO trade law as well as EU customs law and export controls. EU and International Trade Philippe specialises in trade defence instruments and has been involved in most major EU anti-dumping, anti-circumvention and anti-subsidy proceedings since 1990. He represents clients before the European Commission, the EU General Court, the EU Court of Justice, WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body. Notable cases include MTZ Polyfilms v Council and Far Eastern Textile, Ltd. v Council, a case which addressed the use of zeroing methodologies in anti-dumping investigations. WTO Philippe assists WTO Members in various WTO dispute settlement proceedings. Notable cases include: EC – Importation, Distribution and Sale of Bananas; EC – Pipe Fittings; India – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Products from Chinese Taipei; US – Continued Existence and Application of Zeroing Methodology; Dominican Republic-Safeguard Measures on Imports of Polypropylene Bags and Tubular Fabric; China - Definitive Anti-Dumping Duties on X-Ray Security Inspection Equipment from the EU; Russian Federation — Recycling Fee on Motor Vehicles and Ukraine – Definitive Safeguard measures on certain passenger cars. Most notably, in the EC – Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from China dispute, the WTO ruled that the EU’s Basic Anti-Dumping Regulation, as such, was incompatible with the EU’s WTO obligations. Philippe has regularly assisted governments during their WTO accession negotiations as well as during the Uruguay Round and Doha Round negotiations. Customs and Export Controls Philippe represents several large manufacturers of high technology products in disputes concerning customs classification, valuation and origin. Notable cases include Canon Europa v Commission, Kyocera Mita Europe v Commission and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe v Commission, a case in which the EU General Court took the unprecedented step of annulling a customs classification regulation in a direct action by the company concerned. In WTO disputes related to customs issues, Philippe successfully assisted Japan and Chinese Taipei in the EC – Tariff Treatment of Certain Information Technology Products dispute. He also advised the US in EC – Selected Customs Issues. He regularly lectures and writes on EU and international trade law matters.

Van Bael & Bellis

Philippe De Prez

Philippe De Prez is a Financial Services Regulatory lawyer with a strong focus on the FinTech industry. He is co-heading the firm’s Financial Services and Digital Finance team and is fluent in English, Dutch and French. He assists on a daily basis domestic and foreign credit and financial institutions, investment firms, payment service providers, e-money issuers, lenders, insurers, crypto platforms, financial intermediaries, public authorities, crowdfunding platforms, issuers of public offers, technical services providers and investors in the tech and financial services industry. Philippe specialises in advisory and contractual work and is an expert in assisting foreign entities on their entry into the Belgian and European market. He has a broad experience in working with the competent financial supervisors and helps clients with their license applications, regulatory queries of all kinds, compliance checks, legal assessment of client journeys, the launch of new products and services or in the framework of audits. Next to his core business in financial services regulation, Philippe has extensive knowledge on connected areas of law such as anti-money laundering, data protection, electronic signatures, outsourcing contracts, marketing conduct of business rules and e-commerce. He has furthermore a keen interest in new technologies both inside and outside the financial world. He is ranked in FinTech by Chambers & Partners: “Philippe goes above and beyond to ensure all of his client’s needs and requests are met and exceeded”. He is ranked as a Leading Partner by The Legal 500 in FinTech and EU Regulatory: Financial Services: “Extremely hard working, very knowledgeable, has great connections in Europe who can help further with legal advice in most of the countries and mostly he is super approachable. His fintech knowledge is great, as well as his reputation with the regulator which is also helpful when building connections”. Philippe is also recommended in the Banking – FinTech 2024 global guide of Who’s Who Legal (WWL).

Simont Braun

Philippe De Wulf

Partner

ALTIUS

Philippe François

Partner

NautaDutilh

Philippe Loix

Philippe Loix focuses on cases in corporate law, real estate law and administrative law, with a particular specialisation in public procurement and real estate projects. Dedicated and diligent, turning over every legal stone, always from a practical point of view. With a master’s degree in law, taxation and company law and an LL.M. European Master in Law and Economics, he sets the standard of quality within the dispute resolution team particularly high. Hypercorrect and concrete: that is how Philippe makes the difference for his clients. In addition to a strong theoretical case, as a lawyer he puts maximum effort into pragmatism in advice and the approach of procedures. The intended result for his clients is the main focus. What is the hoped-for end product? How can we achieve this as efficiently as possible? It is this goal-getting mindset that inspires Philippe and lifts his work to a higher level.

Laurius

Philippe Mulliez

Partner

Eubelius

Philippe Remels

Partner

NautaDutilh

Philippe Rens

Philippe Rens is a Partner at Argo. While his professional focus is on tax law in general, Philippe has gathered significant particular experience in corporate, personal income tax, registration duties and VAT. Philippe is also heading the fund structuring department whereby he assists private equity, venture capital and other investment funds with their set-up from a legal, tax and regulatory perspective.

ARGO Law

Philippe Van Lierde

Philippe Van Lierde graduated in 2022 as Master of Law at KU Leuven with a specialization in private and economic law. After his law studies, he obtained an Advanced Master’s degree in Notarial Law at the same university. During this course, company law sparked his particular interest. Since September 2023, he joined the Brussels Bar and the intui-team.

intui

Philippe Van Wesemael

As a partner at Astrea, Philippe van Wesemael specializes in real estate and environmental law. He has more than 20 years of experience in administrative and public law, town and country planning, construction law, environmental law, public procurement and expropriations. Philippe is registered at both the Brussels and the Antwerp Bar. He also contributes to the editing of the “Tijdschrift voor Omgevingsrecht en Omgevingsbeleid” (TOO). Philippe is extremely pragmatic and is committed to offering his clients a fast and practical service and to providing them with concrete, tailor-made solutions. Thanks to his transparent communication and no-nonsense approach, Philippe is known by his clients as a man of his word.

ASTREA CVBA

Philippe de Jong

Partner

ALTIUS

Pierre Berger

DLA Piper

Pierre Bogaerts

Pierre Bogaerts is a partner at Quadrant Advocaten.

Quadrant

Pierre De Pauw

Local Partner

NautaDutilh

Pierre Desenfans

Partner

Liedekerke

Pierre Dion

DLA Piper

Pierre Goffinet

Pierre Goffinet is a partner in the Competition Law and Regulatory practice.

Strelia

Pierre PROESMANS

Partner

DALDEWOLF