Mr Olivier Vanden Berghe > Liedekerke > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Liedekerke Offices
BOULEVARD DE L'EMPEREUR 3 KEIZERSLAAN
PO-MBD-2023-154
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Olivier Vanden Berghe
Work Department
Commercial Contracts and Litigation, Insurance and Liability
Position
Partner
Career
Olivier Vanden Berghe heads the firm’s Commercial Contracts and Litigation Practice. He is specialised in commercial contracts litigation and has been representing large undertakings since more than 20 years in a wide range of commercial issues.
He deals with legal questions and litigation relating to “business-to-business” transactions in a large variety of sectors, such as energy, pharmaceuticals, retail, construction and engineering. Active both in litigation and advisory, he assists clients in determining the most appropriate business scheme, anticipating risks, dealing with business-critical situations and preventing or resolving disputes. His activity focuses on distribution networks and cooperation agreements, industrial construction and engineering activities and joint ventures.
Olivier has been a lecturer on commercial litigation at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven). He is regularly invited as a speaker and has written various articles on the subject of commercial contracts. He is the editor in chief of the Revue de Droit Commercial Belge.
Olivier has been an attorney in Brussels since 1995 and joined Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck
Kirkpatrick in 2001, where he became a Partner in 2008.
Languages
Dutch, French, English
Memberships
Olivier is the Editor for “Chief Revue de Droit Commercial Belge”
Education
Olivier holds a law degree from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven 1993) and an advanced degree
in civil law from Paris II University (1994).
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: Retail
(Leading Individuals)Liedekerke wins plaudits for its ability to assist a far-reaching range of brands connected to retail and consumers goods with an array of issues connected to the supply of goods and services to customers. A quartet of partners head up the practice: Olivier Vanden Berghe is a key contact for commercial contracts and litigation; Etienne Kairis‘ mixed contentious and non-contentious practice extends to issues connected to distribution law; Yves Delacroix is an expert in real estate; and Paul Geerebaert is able to bring his employment expertise to bear on retail matters. Vincent Busschaert and Sarah Van Den Brande are further names to note.
Belgium > Industry focus: Transport
Liedekerke is active across a broad range of transactional, contentious and advisory matters for clients such as domestic and foreign airlines, insurers and major players in the railway industry. Olivier Vanden Berghe and Jean Pierre Kesteloot jointly lead the the practice, and Jonas Vansevenant has a focus on commercial law in the aviation sector.
Belgium > Industry focus: Energy
Liedekerke‘s broad-ranging energy practice, which sits in its regulatory group, continues to take a lead role in a diverse portfolio of projects, including large solar farm developments, battery electrical storage systems, and carbon capture storage and usage infrastructure, as well as being a key advisor on carbon emissions regulations, hydrogen projects, and capacity remuneration mechanisms. Practice head Damien Verhoeven, who has ‘a very sharp mind in providing advice and is outstanding in providing the right message in court pleadings‘, and regulatory specialist Lola Malluquin regularly represent major power and gas companies and federations in proceedings before Belgian and EU courts. Thibaut Hollanders has extensive experience in hydro and solar power projects, while regulatory partner François Tulkens stands out for advice on matters in the nuclear sector and Olivier Vanden Berghe focuses on commercial contracts. As a climate change specialist, Jonas Van Orshoven is a key adviser on carbon regulation.
Belgium > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Liedekerke has a ‘great quality commercial and civil litigation team‘ with expertise across international arbitration, high-value commercial litigation, financial litigation and insolvency, and fraud and white-collar crime claims. Lawyers within the team are adept at acting for high-profile clients, particularly in the foreign mining, automotive, energy, and construction sectors, in proceedings spanning multiple jurisdictions. ‘Absolutely exceptional arbitration lawyer‘ Arnaud Nuyts leads the team along with ‘highly respected leader’ Olivier Vanden Berghe and Roel Fransis, who has a practice focusing on finance litigation and insolvency proceedings. Other noted practitioners within the team include Aimery De Schoutheete and Bruno Hardy, who was promoted to partner in January 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Industry focus: Energy Belgium
- Industry focus: Retail Belgium
- Leading Individuals Belgium > Industry focus: Retail
- Leading individuals Belgium > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution Belgium
- Industry focus: Transport Belgium
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Transport
- Tax
- Private equity
- Insurance
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms