About
The firm: Quinz was created in 2011 as an independent premier business law firm. Since then, the firm has considerably grown in size, to more or less 50 lawyers, but has retained its original focus. The firm does not aspire to be a full-service firm but prefers to concentrate on its four areas of practice, offering top legal quality and tailored service. Its client base is a mix of international and national corporate clients, from various business sectors. Quinz is well-recognised in the Belgian legal market, respected by its peers for the strength of its team, their legal expertise and the pragmatic approach. The firm is well-connected in most jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and the US through its close relationships with ‘best friends’ law firms. Many of its lawyers have also gained experience in international law firms or as in-house counsel in multinational companies. Areas of practice: Quinz concentrates on four areas of practice: litigation and arbitration, corporate M&A and commercial, life sciences, and competition law. The firm practises in English, Dutch and French. Litigation and arbitration is an essential part of Quinz’s business. The experienced team of litigators fights for the interests of its clients in Belgian courts as well as in national and international arbitration and mediation proceedings. The firm assists companies in negotiations and delivers exceptionally reliable advice on litigation risks and strategy. The dispute resolution practice focuses on commercial and corporate disputes, creditor claims and insolvency, regulatory claims and white-collar defence. The corporate M&A and commercial team works for both international corporations, private equity funds, investors, banks and financial institutions as well as entrepreneurs, start-ups and growing businesses – and advises on various types of M&A projects, equity financing and credit transactions and a variety of corporate counselling and business restructuring matters. The life sciences team occupies a unique place in the Belgian and European legal markets. It is dedicated to providing expert advice (on both national and international matters) to companies active in pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices as well as innovative technologies (smart devices and ICT, key enabling technologies). The firm’s clients comprise pharma multinationals, SMEs, innovative start-ups and spin-offs. The life sciences team at Quinz advises on regulatory challenges, compliance issues and the preservation of its clients’ intellectual property, drafts and negotiates contracts for day-to-day operations, and assists its clients with corporate structuring, strategic projects, business development and financing needs. The competition team has built solid expertise over the past years by assisting national and international clients in high profile cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, providing compliance and dawn raid trainings and advising on cooperation agreements and distribution strategies as well as state aid. Quinz’s clients seeking competition law assistance are often companies in the pharmaceutical sector. Through close collaboration with Quinz’s life sciences team, our team aims at giving tailor-made advice, taking into consideration the peculiarities of the pharmaceutical sector and its regulatory framework. In addition to the life sciences industry, the firm also generates interesting mandates from clients in other sectors such as retail wholesalers, insurance companies, telecom operators and public undertakings. ### Languages - Dutch - English - French - German ### Staffing Figures - 40 Number of lawyers
Office locations
Vilvoorde
Vilvoorde
Quinz Medialaan 28b 1800 Vilvoorde Vilvoorde Belgium
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Aisha Jasper
Aisha is an associate in our Corporate & Finance team, where she focuses on corporate law. Aisha began her career at Argo, where she worked for over a year in the Banking & Finance department. She also completed an internship at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. Aisha joined Quinz in 2025 and is a member of the Brussels bar. · Corporate / M&A
Amber Cockx
Amber joined Quinz in 2019 as an associate specializing in corporate law in the life sciences sector. Amber provides assistance to life sciences companies on regulatory and transactional matters (R&D, clinical trials, early access, supply chain, commercial distribution). She recently authored the ICLG Belgian Chapter on Digital Health Laws and Regulations (https://iclg.com/practice-areas/digital-health-laws-and-regulations/belgium). She is a member of the Brussels bar. · Corporate / M&A
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. · Corporate / M&A
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. · Litigation
Bo De Clercq
Bo is an associate in our dispute resolution team. She focuses on domestic and cross-border disputes and has a strong background in company law, with a keen interest in matters involving companies in financial distress. Before joining Quinz, Bo worked in the litigation team of an international law firm, where she gained experience in complex commercial disputes. Alongside her practice, she is active in academia as an assistant at the Centre for Legal Methodology (Centrum voor Rechtsmethodiek) at the Catholic University of Leuven. Bo joined Quinz in 2026 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Dispute Resolution
Brice Hennen
Dispute Resolution
Caroline Michiels
Caroline is an associate in our corporate team. She is specializing in corporate law and has a keen interest in mergers and acquisitions. Caroline joined Quinz in 2023 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Corporate / M&A
Chaline Sempels
Chaline is an associate in our Life Sciences & Technology team. She has a keen interest in international business law, in which she obtained an LL.M. at Maastricht University. She joined Quinz in 2021 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Life Sciences
Charlotte Reyns
Competition / Antitrust
Christophe Van Hoyweghen
Christophe is an associate at Quinz, where he advises clients on all aspects of EU and Belgian competition law. Prior to joining Quinz, Christophe worked as an attorney in the Antitrust, Competition & Trade team of Freshfields Brussels. Christophe is licensed to practice in Belgium and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Competition / Antitrust
Céline Gonzalez
Céline is an associate in our Dispute Resolution team, specializing in all aspects of civil, commercial, and criminal litigation. Before joining Quinz, Céline worked as an attorney at an international law firm, advising clients in domestic and cross-border disputes, arbitration proceedings and investigations. Céline joined Quinz in 2025 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Dispute Resolution
Dries Vanpaemel
Dries Vanpaemel is a transactional lawyer with more than 18 years of experience in M&A and strategic operational transactions (supply chain, distribution, real estate, construction). Dries has extensive experience both as international business lawyer and as in-house counsel. He started his career as a transactional lawyer at the international law firm Baker McKenzie where he practiced for nine years. He subsequently was legal manager for nine years at the global property group Goodman focusing on complex international transactions. Dries contributes his robust transactional expertise to Quinz’ Life Sciences & Technology and Corporate & Finance departments. · Corporate / M&A
Elise Mariman
Dispute Resolution
Fien Leers
Fien is an associate in our Corporate & Finance team, bringing a background in notarial law and a strong interest in both corporate and financial matters. Fien joined Quinz in 2025 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Corporate / M&A
Gillis Lindemans
Dispute Resolution
Guillaume Milde
Guillaume is a senior associate in our Corporate & Finance team. He specialises in corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions. He advises clients on corporate and commercial matters in both Belgian and cross-border transactions involving a Belgian element. Guillaume has experience across various sectors, including life sciences and energy. Before joining Quinz in November 2025, Guillaume worked at PwC Legal, where he was seconded to Fluxys between May and December 2021, gaining valuable in-house experience and developing further expertise as external legal counsel in the energy transportation sector. He subsequently worked at NautaDutilh in both Amsterdam and Brussels. Since 2023, he has also been a teaching assistant in corporate law at the Jan Ronse Institute (KU Leuven). Guillaume is a member of the Brussels Bar since 2018. · Corporate / M&A
Hannelore Buelens
Dispute Resolution
Hugo Franchimont
Hugo is an associate in our Dispute Resolution team, focusing on national and international commercial litigation and arbitration, with a special interest in economic law and white-collar crime. He joined Quinz in 2025 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Dispute Resolution
Ilham Irgiou
Ilham is an associate in our Life Sciences & Technology team. Ilham started her career in an international lawfirm where she gained experience in a variety of matters in EU business law with a strong focus on life sciences. She joined Quinz in 2026 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Life Sciences
Jacob Reniers
Jacob is an associate in our dispute resolution team. Prior to joining Quinz, Jacob worked from 2015-2020 at the Institute for Contract law of the KU Leuven, first as a full-time doctoral researcher and later on as a fellow of the Research Foundations Flanders (FWO). His publications deal with (specials) contract law, the law of obligations and family (property) law. · Dispute Resolution
Jasper Van Eetvelde
Corporate / M&A
Joeri Vananroye
Joeri Vananroye specializes in the areas of arbitration and litigation, corporate finance, and insolvency law. His main focuses are corporate and commercial litigation, high-level corporate counselling and mergers and acquisitions. · Arbitration
June Desmit
June is an associate in our Life Sciences & Technology team. She joined Quinz in 2024 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Life Sciences
Klaas Thibaut
Klaas Thibaut specializes in M&A (including PE), corporate and acquisition finance transactions, and complex commercial agreements, both cross-border and domestic. He also has significant expertise in data privacy. · Corporate / M&A
Liesbet Dilissen
Dispute Resolution
Louisa Vandepitte
Louisa Vandepitte is a senior associate in our Corporate & Finance practice, with extensive experience in private M&A transactions, private equity and venture capital, corporate restructurings, and a wide range of general corporate matters. She advises both domestic and international clients on legal transactions, including due diligence, deal structuring and contract negotiations. Louisa began her career at NautaDutilh, where she worked from 2017 until joining Quinz in June 2025. Additionally, she has gained valuable in-house experience, having worked as legal counsel for a global food company, giving her a practical, business-oriented perspective that she now brings to her work as a lawyer. Louisa is a member of the Brussels bar. · Corporate / M&A
Lucas Reniers
Lucas is an associate in our dispute resolution team. Before joining Quinz in 2024, he was an associate at Belgium’s largest independent law firm, where he worked in the commercial litigation department. Lucas is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Dispute Resolution
Margo Simoens
Margo joined Quinz in 2024 as an associate in our Corporate & Finance team. She has a keen interest in private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and equity capital markets transactions. Prior to joining Quinz, she was an associate at Stibbe, where she also worked in the corporate and finance department. She is a member of the Brussels bar. · Corporate / M&A
Margot De Smet
Dispute Resolution
Marion Lapage
Marion is a corporate lawyer specializing in the life sciences sector, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical, medical devices, and consumer healthcare industries. She advises clients on strategic transactions and complex regulatory matters, with an emphasis on market access and supply chain challenges. Marion has deep expertise in supply chain-related transactions, including supply agreements, logistics services, and distribution set-ups, and regularly advises on the regulatory aspects of these operations. Her practice also includes providing strategic counsel on licensing (in- and out-), acquisitions, and divestments of life sciences products. She has extensive experience managing transactions throughout the entire product life cycle, from R&D outsourcing and technical operations to commercial supply arrangements and distribution networks. · Corporate / M&A
Melanie Ruelens
Dispute Resolution
Miranda van Limpt
Competition
Olivier Van Obberghen
Olivier Van Obberghen is an R&D, commercial transactions and M&A lawyer with a focus on the Life Sciences and Innovative Technologies sectors. He also advises companies active in the consumer goods and media industries. His Life Sciences practice has three main areas of expertise: (i) transactional work (R&D and supply chain contracts; distribution; licensing and M&A), (ii) compliance advice (transparency; promotion of drug products; patient involvement) and (iii) regulatory assistance. · Life Sciences
Pieter Gillaerts
Dispute Resolution
Pieter Wyckmans
Pieter Wyckmans provides expert advice to companies and organizations active in the (bio-)pharmaceutical, biotech and smart devices sectors. He advises multinationals, SMEs, spin-offs and start-ups in (strategic) transactions, intellectual property matters and regulatory affairs. He has both years of experience as an M&A and commercial transactions lawyer and as in-house counsel of multinationals, particularly in the Life Sciences industry. · Life Sciences
Rinke Beekman
Life Sciences & Technology
Sayanah Staelens
Corporate / M&A
Sofie Rosseel
Dispute Resolution
Stijn De Dier
At Quinz, Stijn focuses primarily on dispute resolution. His practice circles around corporate litigation (shareholder disputes, director liability, post-acquisition claims, ESG litigation etc.) as well as insolvency matters, where he regularly acts both for creditors as well as for debtors in restructuring. Stijn is appreciated by clients and colleagues for his profound expertise in corporate law and his pragmatic problem-solving approach. Prior to joining Quinz, Stijn worked at the Jan Ronse Institute for company and financial law of KU Leuven, first as a full time assistant, and later on as a fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). Upon his Ph.D. defense in April 2016 he remains associated with the Jan Ronse Institute on a voluntary basis. Stijn is a part time professor at the Antwerp University Faculty of Law, where he teaches insolvency law. Stijn also sits on the editorial board of the Tijdschrift voor Rechtspersoon en Vennootschapsrecht - Revue Pratique des Sociétés (TRV-RPS) and is a member of the Belgian Centre for Corporate Law (BCV-CDS). He frequently speaks at conferences or seminars, and publishes on various aspects of company and insolvency law. · Litigation
Thibault Van Wynsberghe
Dispute Resolution
Thijs Vancoppernolle
Dispute Resolution
Thomas Incalza
Dispute Resolution
Tibo Serdons
Tibo is an associate in our Corporate & Finance team, with a particular interest in M&A and financial law. Tibo joined Quinz in 2024 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Corporate / M&A
Valérie Beckers
Dispute Resolution
Victoria Bosly
Dispute Resolution
Vincent Denoncin
Vincent Denoncin is an associate in our Corporate & Finance team. He is specializing in corporate law and has a keen interest in mergers and acquisitions. Vincent started his career at a Big Four firm in 2022 as a legal & regulatory consultant. As of 2023, Vincent is also a teaching assistant for corporate law associated with the Jan Ronse Instituut at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). Vincent joined Quinz in 2024 and is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Corporate / M&A
Willem Witters
Willem Witters is a partner in the corporate & finance practice. Willem specialises in private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and equity capital markets transactions. He has extensive experience in advising clients across various industries, guiding them through all stages of their corporate life cycle on strategic transactions and pivotal events. With a keen understanding of his clients' commercial objectives and market dynamics, Willem serves as a trusted strategic advisor, delivering pragmatic and effective legal advice. His thorough approach ensures clients receive bespoke solutions that align with their specific business needs. Willem worked at Stibbe from 2014 (both in Brussels and in London) until he joined Quinz in September 2024. Willem is a member of the Brussels Bar. · Corporate / M&A
Wim De Meester
Wim De Meester's practice at Quinz focuses on national and international commercial litigation and arbitration including in the pharmaceutical, banking and insurance, telecommunications and retail sectors. He has experience in a wide range of European and Belgian competition law litigation and advisory work and has also published several articles in these fields. Wim also provides on regulatory advice to the retail and life sciences sector on a regular basis. · Litigation
Zoë Nevelsteen
She was a member of the national student organization Mun Society Belgium and participated in the international PAX Moot Court. She was awarded the Fayat scholarship to complete the LL.M. at New York University. Zoë is a member of the Brussels Bar. · EU & Competition