Simont Braun

Axel Maeterlinck

Partner Axel Maeterlinck has a broad experience in domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions in a wide variety of economic sectors including real estate, insurance, distribution or healthcare. He regularly provides advice to international and Belgian companies in company law, M&A, organisation of shareholders relations and capital markets. Axel also represents clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings notably in post-M&A or shareholder disputes. He was a lecturer in corporate law at the ULB from 2009 to 2016.

Béatrice Thieffry

Béatrice Thieffry has a wide experience in the area of business law. She especially practises commercial law, including company law, contract law and real estate law. She also developed a major practice in business liability law.   Béatrice Thieffry provides advice and assistance in the drafting and negotiation of contracts. She is also very active in the area of litigation.

Emmanuel Cornu

Partner specialised in Intellectual Property.

Eric De Gryse

Partner

Fernand de Visscher

Partner specialised in patents, copyright, media and designs as well as transactional and competition law related aspects.  As a specialist in intellectual property, Fernand de Visscher particularly deals with questions relating to patents, the protection of designs and artistic and literary works. Fernand also has in-depth experience in media law, distribution (dealerships, franchises, etc.), computer science, the Internet, domain names, agreements and competition questions in these various areas. He assists Belgian and international companies in these areas, in a range of structural and contractual operations and litigation needing resolution by negotiation, mediation or pleadings before any of the Belgian and European courts.

Jean-François Terlinden

Partner Jean-François Terlinden is a specialist in criminal law, financial law and tax law. He assists and represents Belgian and international companies as well as private individuals in both preventive strategy and litigation. He is the author of various publications, including several articles on the civil liability of legal entities.

Joan Carette

Partner

Joris Beckers

Partner

Laurent de Brouwer

Of Counsel specialised in Marketing, Advertising, Consumer Rights and Unfair Competition. Laurent de Brouwer is a specialist in consumer law (trade practices, e-commerce, consumer credit, privacy, labelling), distribution law and competition law. He also has wide experience in the area of intellectual property law (designs, copyright and trade marks). He advises mail order companies, communication and marketing agencies, and major distribution and food industry companies. He assists them in court and in procedures before the administrative authorities. Laurent is the author of “Le droit des jeux publicitaires”, in 2016, “Le droit des promotions commerciales” and a number of other publications in his focus areas.

Manuela von Kuegelgen

Partner

Paul Alain Foriers

Lawyer at the Supreme Court and professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he teaches interalia contracts and torts and company law, amongst other subjects. Paul Alain Foriers divides his time between litigation and advisory work.   He acts in complex litigation in civil, commercial, company and financial law, before all jurisdictions and arbitration venues. He also acts as an arbitrator.   In addition, he assists listed and unlisted companies and family groups in relation to corporate reorganisations, public offerings and takeoverbids, financial regulations and the organization of shareholder relations. He also provides advice on complex questions on civil and commercial matters and on inheritance issues.Paul Alain Foriers was chosen by the Minister of Justice to be part of the group of experts appointed to modernise the Belgian Companies' Code.

Philippe De Prez

Partner

Rafaël Jafferali

Partner

Sandrine Hirsch

Partner

Steven Callens

Steven Callens specialises in M&A, corporate law, corporate governance and dispute resolution. Steven has extensive experience in national and international corporate transactions. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments in a wide variety of economic sectors including marketing, e-commerce and retail, automotive and transport, holdings, the luxury sector, as well as renewable energy and manufacturing. He also represents clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings primarily in post-acquisition, director’s liability and shareholder disputes. Steven is regularly appointed as an arbitrator. Steven regularly speaks at conferences on matters of corporate law and arbitration. He is recognised as a “Future Leader” in litigation by Who’s Who Legal.

Thomas Braun

Partner

Tom Swinnen

Partner