Alexander Hansebout
ALTIUSALTIUS yields a team of ‘excellent litigators with local knowledge’, acting across a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, media, and consumer goods. The team is noted for its expertise in arbitration proceedings, with team head Alexander Hansebout skilled in this area. Hansebout leads the team alongside Christophe Ronse, with over 30 years of experience acting in high-profile litigation. Bart Heynickx is experienced in insolvency and restructuring proceedings.
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‘The team has been open to accept external input from other lawyers and strategic advisors, putting aside their ego and working in a really constructive way.'
'The way the work-load has been calibrated over time and ramped-up at some key moments, even by adding additional lawyers to the team, who had to familiarize with the project in a very tight timeframe, has been amazing.’
‘Stijn Van Schel really anticipated all the directions in which our conflict could bring us. Besides being a brilliant lawyer, he has a fully commercial mindset and is capable of reasoning in multiple dimensions. This was needed to successfully land our project.'
‘The team that Altius puts forward has a unique combination of top litigators each specialised in their own field. In various cases, my company needs the expertise in various legal fields for one specific case.'
‘Altius, more specifically Stijn Van Schel, has provided excellent legal assistance without being too pushy. Working with Altius and its individuals feels like having in-house lawyers who think together with the company and not just to benefit the law firm itself.'
'So far we are extremely satisfied with the services provided and we will be working together in the future.’
‘Altius has shown great initiative in our case, devising innovative legal arguments and working with asset tracers to gain the best possible information to support our submissions. Their perseverance has delivered successful appeals and demonstrated confidence in their legal instincts.’
‘Alexander Hansebout is a razor-sharp lawyer with an excellent command of enforcement and state immunity issues. He is efficient and easy to work with.’
Key clients
- Siemens Mobility
- UEFA
- MARS
- Gilead
- Merck Sharp & Dohme
- Daikin
- ELIA Group
- Novartis
- CWave BV
- Hyrde Networks BV
- Boerenbond
Work highlights
- Assisting Gebr. Geens, the Belgian developer and producer of the Knikmops multifunctional loader, with multiple sets of court proceedings in Belgium and the Netherlands regarding the termination of the relationship with its Dutch distributor.
- Assisting several creditors with cases against sovereigns and sovereign entities from the Republic of Congo, Greece, Iraq, Lesotho, Mali and Nigeria.
- Assisting Siemens with follow-on damages claim proceedings initiated by Infrabel (the Belgian railway infrastructure manager).
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Alexander Hansebout, Christophe Ronse