Lawyers in Belgium

Benedicte Mourisse

Benedicte is an associate in the Regulatory, Public & Administrative Law department in our Brussels office. She advises clients on regulatory matters with a particular focus on life sciences, food and beverages. Benedicte advises clients in a wide range of regulated sectors including life sciences, food and beverages. She also advises on public and administrative law matters such as public procurement, in addition to issues relating to environmental law in its broad meaning. After graduating from the University of Ghent in 2017, Benedicte completed an additional year of study at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam to obtain a Master's degree in International Trade Law. She was admitted to the Antwerp Bar in 2018 and to the Brussels Bar in 2020. Prior to joining Bird & Bird in 2018, she worked as an associate at an Antwerp law firm.

Bird & Bird

Benjamin Docquir

Partner, Belgium Benjamin specialises in privacy, data security and information technology law. He assists clients with the digital transformation of business processes and the mitigation of risks associated with information security and information management.

Bird & Bird

Benjamin Marchandise

Partner

Scale

Benjamin Pirlet

Dr. Benjamin Pirlet is a counsel in the Real Estate and Construction Practice Group in the Brussels office. Benjamin primarily advises Belgian and foreign clients on real estate and related tax matters. He has experience in all aspects of real estate matters, including corporate, tax and public law, and primarily focuses on real estate transactions and development projects, as well as tax structuring. His experience encompasses all types of real estate structures, including share deals, asset deals, split sales, in rem rights, building rights, financial leasing and sale-and-lease-back transactions, integrating both transactional and tax aspects. He is a regular speaker at real estate conferences, and he teaches and publishes regularly in the fields of real estate and tax law. He has completed a PhD at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on the transfer of real estate contracts.

Baker McKenzie BV/SRL

Benoit Samyn

Partner

Monard Law

Benoit Spitaels

founding partner company and associations law (M&A, establishment, restructuring, transformation of companies, associations and foundations) hybrid structures governance projects contract drafting

Impact lawyers

Benoit Van Asbroeck

As a partner and IP/IT specialist at Bird & Bird in Brussels, Benoit leads our Belgian Data Protection, Tech & Comms and Media practices, advising our clients on legal issues in privacy, data, e-commerce, digital marketing, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, AI, 3D printing, cookies, electronic signatures, intermediary liability and automated objects. He also co-heads the Bird & Bird international special interest group on Copyright due to his large experience in copyright matters with the Court of Justice of the European Union. His practice is both transactional and litigation. He has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating complex TMT contracts. In addition, he has exceptional expertise in counselling our clients on issues that require the coordination and integration of a variety of legal solutions, such as intellectual property, information technology, media, sport, competition and telecommunications issues. Advising on contentious matters in front of arbitral tribunals and national and EU courts, he has successfully conducted landmark matters with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (in Copyright/Trademark and E-commerce). In the context of our Public Affairs practice he lobby's public authorities in relation to the EU and national legislative processes. Alongside the wider team in Brussels, we are participating as legal partners in number of H2020 EU-funded consortia all focusing on data driven economy issues.

Bird & Bird

Benoît Allemeersch

A respected litigator and negotiator, Benoît Allemeersch represents clients before civil and criminal courts in Belgium, as well as in national and international arbitration. The focus of his dispute resolution practice is on complex commercial, financial and corporate disputes and he frequently consults on cross-border litigation. His experience includes appointments as an arbitrator and a mediator. He combines his law practice with an academic career, as tenured professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he teaches Belgian and European civil procedure law and evidence law. He is widely published in various subjects relating to national and EU procedural law, conflicts of law, evidence and criminal law. He also advises the Belgian legislator and government on a regular basis.

Quinz

Benoît Kohl

Of Counsel

Stibbe

Benoît Le Bret

Benoit Le Bret is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels. He has recognised experience in competition law, particularly in the field of state aid (financial services, transport, environment, energy, agriculture, major investments, PIIEC) and antitrust. He also specialises in monitoring EU regulation in a number of sectors (structural funds, gambling and betting, aeronautics, energy and the environment, telecoms, online services). He has in-depth knowledge of internal market rules and Community players and procedures, and is used to negotiations with the European Commission and Community agencies such as ESMA, as well as litigation before the CJEU. He represents and advises private equity clients on all EU regulatory matters, as well as major companies such as KKR and SNCF on EU-wide holding company and EU rail reform issues respectively, as well as potential state aid. Benoît regularly lodges complaints with the European Commission to redress or protect the interests of his clients in a wide range of sectors. His working languages are French, English and German. He has been a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars since 2008.

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

Benoît Malvaux

With over 20 years of experience, Benoît Malvaux is a partner in Strelia’s tax practice. He focuses on the tax aspects of M&A and corporate restructurings, stock option plans, financial products, and real estate transactions. Benoît encourages a negotiated approach of issues where appropriate and has developed an important ruling practice; he has already obtained many rulings for all kinds of clients (including the Belgian State) regarding various complex tax structures. Benoît Malvaux lectures frequently at conferences on tax issues.

Strelia

Benoît Vandervelde

Partner

CMS

Bernard Amory

Jones Day

Bernard Peeters

Senior Counsel

Tiberghien

Bernard Vanbrabant

Of Counsel

Liedekerke

Bernd Meyring

Partner, Global Head of Antitrust and Foreign Investment

Linklaters

Bert Gevers

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

Loyens & Loeff

Bert Luyten

Bert Luyten is co-founder of Laurius. With more than 25 years’ experience, he provides legal support to companies and investors in complex contractual, company and financial disputes. Belgian case or international top dossier: Bert goes beyond expectations and is a specialist in dispute resolution and litigation before courts and arbitral tribunals. Together with Dirk Wellens, Bert created Laurius as a reference firm in the field of corporate law, M&A, private equity, real estate and corporate and financial litigation. His client-oriented focus and constant search for excellence set the office standards exceedingly high. Bert translates his years of experience and know-how into complete, concrete conclusions. Strategically underpinned, instantly applicable in day-to-day practice.

Laurius

Bert Theeuwes

Partner

Monard Law

Bert Van Herreweghe

Senior Associate

Liedekerke

Bert Van Ingelghem

Bert is the Managing Partner at Argo. His professional focus is on private equity, capital markets, corporate law and M&A. He has considerable expertise in public and private M&A, asset sales, rights issues and issues of financial instruments, company law, joint ventures and other shareholders’ agreements. Bert brings to the team specific expertise in private equity and real estate investment companies (‘REITs’). Bert has authored a chapter in a Belgian company law book. The Legal 500 notes that Bert “combines excellent legal skills with common sense”.

ARGO Law

Bert Vanderheiden

Bert Vanderheiden graduated in 2021 from KU Leuven as Master of Laws, where he specialized in economic and tax law. After his law studies, he obtained an Advanced Master’s degree in Corporate Law at the KU Leuven, while already working at intui. He joined the Brussels Bar and started working full-time for intui in September 2022.

intui

Bertold Bär-Bouyssière

Partner

Dentons

Birgit Creemers

DLA Piper