Eubelius

Eubelius is Belgium’s largest independent law firm, with offices in Brussels, Kortrijk and Antwerp. The firm’s 24 partners, 14 (senior) counsel and more than 100 associates offer counselling and representation on Belgian and European law.

The firm has privileged working relationships with outstanding independent law firms in many foreign jurisdictions, and a significant proportion of their work is cross-border (both inbound and outbound). The practice has a strong national and international focus. The firm serves a very diverse client base, ranging from Fortune 500 multinationals to local entrepreneurs, a large number of companies with public law status, and numerous Belgian companies which are part of large international groups. Eubelius represents all Belgian language communities and handles matters in English, Dutch, French and German.

Main areas of practice
Banking and finance (Lars Van Bever):
■ Financial transactions
■ Financial services and regulation
■ Financial litigation
■ Insurance regulation

Capital markets and listed entities (Lars Van Bever, Joris De Wolf):
■ Capital market transactions, public M&A
■ Governance and regulatory matters

Commercial and consumer protection (Ignace Claeys):
■ Commercial law
■ Commercial practices and consumer protection

Competition (Jan Bocken):
■ Implementation of distribution systems and other forms of cooperation agreements
■ Merger clearance
■ State aid matters
■ Compliance and audit services
■ Competition litigation
■ Investigations by competition authorities

Corporate and M&A (Matthias Wauters, Erwin Destuyver, Jeroen Delvoie, Felix Dobbelaere):
■ Mergers and acquisitions
■ Private equity and venture capital
■ Corporate advisory services
■ Restructuring and insolvency
■ Associations, foundations and not-for-profit organisations

Criminal enforcement and compliance (Tom Bauwens)

Digital and data protection (Anneleen Van de Meulebroucke):
■ Contracts
■ E-commerce
■ Privacy and HR issues
■ Data security and cybercrime
■ Technology and transactions
■ Data protection dispute resolution and litigation

Employment (Véronique Pertry, Liesbet Vandenplas):
■ Individual labour relations
■ Collective labour relations
■ Compensation and benefits
■ Well-being at work, equal treatment and privacy issues at the workplace
■ Start-ups, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions
■ Employment law in the public sector
■ Self-employed status and management contracts
■ Social security
■ Litigation and social inspections

Energy (Wim Goossens, Barteld Schutyser):
■ Regulatory advice
■ Dispute resolution
■ Mergers and acquisitions
■ Energy project development
■ Energy contracts

Estate planning and family businesses (Patrick Hofströssler, Wouter Claes):
■ Property management
■ Property planning
■ Liquidation of estates
■ Property planning structures
■ Family businesses

Healthcare (Korneel Decroix, Barteld Schutyser, Matthias Wauters):
■ Cooperation in the healthcare industry
■ Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry
■ Structuring and financing of healthcare industry
■ Employment in the healthcare industry
■ Public law and institutional advice

Intellectual property (Pieter Callens)

Liability and insurance (Ignace Claeys)

Life sciences (Filip Jenné):
■ Assistance with the creation and follow-on financing rounds
■ Assistance upon exit
■ Capital markets (including IPO)
■ Internal governance
■ Employee incentive plans

Mobility (Alain François):
■ Assistance with transactions
■ Drafting of legislation
■ Regulatory advice
■ Dispute resolution and litigation
■ Tolling

Pensions (Veronique Pertry, Liesbet Vandenplas):
■ Pensions
■ Benefits

Public and administrative (Barteld Schutyser, Bart Martel):
■ Public procurement and government contracts
■ Environmental and energy law
■ Constitutional law
■ Organising and structuring of public institutions and services
■ Legal status of personnel in public bodies
■ General administrative law

Public-Private Partnership (Anthony Logghe, Barteld Schutyser):
■ Public and administrative law
■ Contract and insurance law
■ Corporate and banking and finance law
■ Tax law
■ European law
■ Property law
■ Civil and administrative l

Real estate (Lars Van Bever, Wouter Claes, Wim Goossens, Korneel Decroix):
■ Structuring
■ Regulatory advice
■ Capital markets
■ Dispute resolution
■ Public-Private Partnerships
■ Environmental and administrative law

Restructuring and insolvency (Dominique De Marez)

State-owned enterprises (Jeroen Delvoie):
■ Structuring and transactions
■ Management contracts
■ Specific legislation
■ Public procurement
■ Personnel
■ Governance
■ State aid and ESA
■ Regulatory advice

Tax (Wouter Claes, Svjatoslav Gnedasj, Korneel Decroix):
■ M&A structuring
■ Fund structuring
■ Real estate taxation
■ Tax disputes
■ Taxation of non-profit organisations
■ Estate planning