Dispute ResolutionInsolvency and restructuring

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.

Partner - Quinz | September 2011 - Present Professor of Belgian and European Civil Procedure and Evidence Law - KU Leuven | September 2007 - Present Counsel - Clifford Chance LLP | January 2006 - September 2011 Associate - Linklaters |September 1999 - December 2005

Dutch, French and English

Member of the Brussels Bar; and Board member at CEPANI, Belgium’s leading arbitration centre.

Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Dr.Iur. 2006 Yale Law School, LL.M., 2001 (BAEF and Yale Law Fellowships) Duke University School of Law, exchange program student, 1998 Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), LL.B. 1996 and LL.M. 1999 (summa cum laude)