Lawyers in Belgium
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Arnaud Vanitterbeek
Arnaud Vanitterbeek is a senior partner at Laurius and a specialist in private M&A, due diligence, corporate restructuring, commercial contracts and shareholder disputes. With a solid knowledge of company law, he advises entrepreneurs and companies from start-up to exit. As a lawyer, Arnaud also gained specific experience in the insurance sector and related transactions. Arnaud handles his cases with great dedication towards his clients. Personal and precise, he respects strict deadlines without exception. Arnaud is recognised as a lawyer for his constant focus and ditto service, always aiming to find pragmatic and innovative solutions.
Laurius
Arnaud Wtterwulghe
Partner
Ashurst LLP
Arnoud Willems
Partner
King & Spalding LLP
Ashwin van Rooijen
Ashwin focuses on contentious antitrust matters – abuse of dominance and restrictive agreements – as well as regulation in the technology sector. He has represented clients such as Nokia, GE, Samsung, Epic Games, and Oracle. Ashwin frequently acts for clients accused of abuse of dominance, having secured either wins (on six occasions, two of which after issuance of preliminary findings) or commitments (in two cases). He is equally active on the complainant side, having recently represented OLX on its successful abuse of dominance complaint against Meta, which resulted in the first ever European Commission antitrust fine for Meta. Ashwin also advises (prospective) gatekeepers as well as third parties on implications of the Digital Markets Act. Ashwin’s practice covers key issues in technology markets, including: (i) standard essential patents, (ii) standard-setting agreements, (iii) refusal to supply and refusal to license, (iv) interoperability, (v) aftermarkets, (vi) tying, (vii) data, and (viii) vertical restraints in licensing and distribution agreements. Ashwin previously worked as a software engineer in California and the Netherlands, and relies on his tech background to advise his clients and understand their business.
Clifford Chance
Assimakis Komninos
Partner
White & Case LLP
Aude Mahy
Managing Partner
DALDEWOLF
Audrey Zegers
Counsel
ALTIUS
Audry Stevenart
Senior Counsel
Stibbe
Aurore Ancion
Associate
Dentons
Axel Maeterlinck
Partner
NautaDutilh
Axel Schulz
Axel Schulz focuses his practice on European competition law and has a wealth of experience in merger control, global cartel defence and general antitrust advice in sectors including energy, chemicals, agri-commodities, container shipping, ports, pigments, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Within the pharmaceutical sector, Axel demonstrates exceptional proficiency and industry insight. He has built a solid reputation assisting clients with competition law matters arising around loss of exclusivity; in addition, Axel has advised on distribution, co-marketing, licensing and various forms of vertical and horizontal cooperation agreements. Axel is adept in orchestrating advice across numerous jurisdictions, providing clients with clear and comprehensive solutions. This global aspect of his practice equips him to guide both national and multinational companies through the most intricate challenges.
McDermott Will & Schulte
Aymeric de Moncuit
Partner
Mayer Brown
Ayse Özkan
Ayse Özkan has been reinforcing the ranks of the Laurius corporate department since 2017. In line with her master-after-master’s degree in corporate law, she supports entrepreneurs and companies in all matters of corporate and commercial law. Acquisitions and restructurings are her key focus. Personal, committed and accessible: this is how Ayse and her colleagues strive for excellence in every case. As a lawyer, Ayse aims for a constructive and pragmatic solution, which is also the best outcome for the client. Priority? Building a long-term cooperation with her clients, based on knowledge, experience and mutual trust.
Laurius
Barbara François
Senior Counsel
EY Law
Barbara Terriere
Barbara Terriere is a partner at the Antwerp office of Astrea. She is an expert in distribution and competition law and has specific experience in the automotive sector. She assists clients in all legal matters regarding their distribution networks (choice of network, choice of selection criteria, drafting of distribution agreements, bonus programs etc.) and supports them in connection with litigation connected to the functioning of their networks. Furthermore, Barbara is specialized in matters related to commercial agency, franchise, intellectual property, e-commerce, trade practices, group purchases, consumer law, product liability, privacy law and ICT law. Over more than 20 years, she has assisted domestic and international clients, by giving advice and assisting them in negotiations, litigation (before the courts and arbitrators) and in legal surveys. She has published several articles on distribution law and is a regular speaker at seminars and symposia. Barbara has been appointed as a Country Expert Distribution Law for Belgium by the International Distribution Institute (IDI). Barbara has been a member of the Antwerp Bar since 2000. She speaks Dutch, French and English fluently and has basic knowledge of Spanish and German.
ASTREA CVBA
Bart De Cock
Partner
Tiberghien
Bart De Moor
Bart De Moor is a partner in our dispute resolution practice and in the restructuring & insolvency practice. He assists and advises clients on litigation and alternative dispute resolution, company law, commercial law, private international law, and secured debt, whether they are complex international issues or local matters. A lot of his work revolve around corporate disputes such as shareholders and directors’ disputes, directors’ liability, and insolvency-related disputes. He also advises clients on reorganisation and insolvency and is regularly appointed by the court as an insolvency practitioner. He was an insolvency practitioner appointed by the court in the reorganisation proceedings of the Belgian airline Sabena, the companies Photo Hall Multimedia and Flamant Group, and in the bankruptcy proceedings of Photo Hall Multimedia and Free Record Shop. Bart is an accredited mediator in civil and commercial matters, accredited with the Federale Bemiddelingscommissie since 2007. He is an insolvency practitioner, who is admitted to plead before the Brussels Court of Enterprises (Ondernemingsrechtbank/Tribunal de l’entreprise). Bart is a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and author of numerous books and articles published extensively in legal journals. He is a member of the editorial board of the the legal journal DAOR (Droit des Affaires-OndernemingsRecht), member of Insol Europe and Insol World, and member and co-chair of the Reorganisation and Workouts Subcommittee of the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Strelia
Bart Heynickx
Partner
ALTIUS
Bart Lintermans
Bart Lintermans heads the Quinz M&A practice and is a specialist in M&A, commercial transactions and Belgian company law. For twenty-five years, Bart Lintermans has applied this expertise in a variety of sectors, but has a particular focus on the life science industry and real estate market. He advises Belgian and international private equity funds on their acquisitions and divestitures throughout Belgium and cross-border, and is the trusted advisor of several large companies in their international expansion, restructuring projects and corporate governance. Bart sits on various boards and is a former director of Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Belgium’s second largest commercial airport.
Quinz
Barteld Schutyser
Partner
Eubelius
Bastiaan Bruyndonckx
Bastiaan has a particular focus on: information governance data protection and privacy technology procurement and outsourcing contracts electronic communications internet and e-commerce intellectual property Bastiaan advises companies in a variety of sectors on information governance, data protection, data privacy and regulatory matters. He is particularly active in the telecoms, banking and energy sectors and has broad experience in drafting and negotiating agreements in the field of IT and electronic communications. An expert in intellectual property, he helps clients to understand and address the complicated IP issues that may arise in ICT projects and transactions, including software licensing, development and implementation projects. He advises customers and suppliers on different types of outsourcing projects, including multi-jurisdictional IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO). He regularly advises on long-term technology-driven strategic agreements, often in the framework of M&A transactions, as well as on B2B, B2C and C2C e-commerce projects. He also assists clients in both contentious and non-contentious advisory and transactional matters.
Lydian
Bastiaan Schelstraete
Counsel
Stibbe
Beatrijs Gielen
Counsel
ALTIUS
Ben Van Vlierden
Senior Counsel
Tiberghien