Xavier Taton
LinklatersLinklaters‘ litigation, arbitration, and investigations practice has cross-border capabilities, covering disputes spanning banking, capital markets, consumer protection, data privacy, competition and antitrust issues. Complex M&A disputes and insolvency-related litigation are key strengths of the practice, alongside professional negligence, commercial distribution, and product liability cases. Team head Stefaan Loosveld specialises in contentious regulatory and restructuring work, and is highly active in the firm’s sanctions work. Loosveld leads the group alongside Xavier Taton and Florence Danis, who is ’simply the one you want defending your case in court’. Associate Gert-Jan Hendrix has vast experience in class actions work.
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‘All the people involved, especially Xavier Taton and Guillaume Croisant, operate like clockwork together. They have always supported us from a multidisciplinary perspective, without the person who started working with us at the beginning (Guillaume) ever losing sight of the whole.'
- 'Their response times are unbeatable, the quality of all documents delivered and the quality of their interventions are something I have never seen before working with other firms. It is as if they were all one and we never have the feeling that there was a question left unanswered. On the contrary: they go above and beyond and always manage to surprise us with their ability to anticipate potential problems.’
‘Guillaume Croisant has been working on this issue with us since the beginning and it is amazing how easily he is able to recall and pick up on issues that have been in the works for years.'
- 'Xavier Taton has shown himself to be a privileged mind, with a capacity for conviction and persuasion (without losing his serenity) that I have never seen before: he can summarise the essence of all the issues so well that it is simply impossible to disagree with him.'
‘Strong legal insights and tactical approach in settlement negotiations.’
‘Florence Danis is simply the one you want defending your case in court.’
Key clients
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- Lhoist
- ORES
- Wilhelm & Co Group
- Republic of Mauritius
- ITM Alimentaire Belgium SA
- Novartis Pharma SA and Novartis AG
- Ageas
Work highlights
- Appointed by Bank of New York Mellon in the context of a garnishment order by the Enforcement Judge at the Dutch speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels.
- Successfully representing ITM in an appeal brought by Carrefour Belgium before the Brussels Court of Appeal, challenging the Belgian Competition Authority's decision to approve ITM's acquisition of Mestdagh.
- Representing CAF in a successful long-lasting mediation process having led to the conclusion of new agreements between the public authority and the private parties regarding the €600m PPP tramway project of the City of Liège.
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Stefaan Loosveld
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Stefaan Loosveld, Xavier Taton, Florence Danis