At CMS, the dispute resolution team is ‘very responsive and diligent’, representing clients across a range of sectors in complex, cross-border litigation matters. Shareholders’ rights issues, unfair trade practices, and litigation spanning insurance, IP, and competition are all strengths of the team. A number of clients active in the technology industry turn to the team for advice, with members of the group routinely handling novel and significant litigation. Renaud Dupont is head of the team, specialising in copyright, trademark, and patent work. Leading the team alongside Dupont is Tom Heremans, with similar IP experience, as well as media and technology expertise.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very responsive and diligent.'
‘Loic de Hults and Renaud Dupont stand out as key team members.’
Key clients
- Barry-Callebaut
- Amazon
Work highlights
- Representing FIFA in the Diarra litigation in the Belgian courts (currently pending with the Court of Appeal of Mons) on the compatibility of several principles of the FIFA players’ transfer rules (in particular, rules on arbitration and on the co-liability of the new club of a player in case of unilateral termination of the agreement by the player without just cause with his former club) with the EU competition and free movement rules.
- Acted for COLAS, in the context of a major PPP contract for the conception and construction of a new tram infrastructure in the South of Belgium, in very intense negotiations with its public client and the other stakeholders involved.