Alexis Fierens > DLA Piper > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Noted for its ‘excellent expertise’, the team at DLA Piper assists major retailers, landlords, and investors on high-profile matters. The practice consists of individuals across a range of practice areas at the firm, working closely with the employment, restructuring, and IP teams. Members of the team are adept at representing clients before the Belgian courts and European Competition Authority (ECA). Alexis Fierens and Charlotte Sas lead the team, with extensive IP and restructuring expertise respectively. Pauline Hellemans joined the practice from Lydian in February 2024.

Representing local and multinational film, television, and sports players, the practice at DLA Piper often collaborates with the firm’s corporate, employment, and tax teams. Public sector clients also regularly rely on the knowledge of the team led by Alexis Fierens. Fierens has a vast understanding of advisory and contentious IP matters. Bob Martens and Michaël Heene are integral to the team, while Heidi Waem is noted for her data protection expertise.

The ‘very hands-on and practical‘ team at DLA Piper is highly regarded for its strength in advising on cross-border food and beverage matters. Alexis Fierens, who also heads the firm’s IP department, co-heads the practice with regulatory expert Bob Martens; the group has expertise in handling contentious and advisory work for clients in the commercial, technology and IP arenas. Pauline Hellemans is a practitioner to note. Koen Selleslags left the firm in April 2024.

The intellectual property department at DLA Piper combines a ‘unique level of responsiveness, deep knowledge of IP and creative strategic thinking’, specialising in the consumer goods, food, tech, and media sectors. Alexis Fierens leads the practice, and is an ‘outstanding lawyer, with a commercial mind’, working with SMEs and multinationals on advisory and litigation matters across all areas of IP law. Kaat Scheerlinck has a practice advising public and private sector clients across the technology, life sciences, and consumer goods sectors. Pauline Hellemans and Emma Stockman are also noted.