Monard Law‘s practice ’comprises top tier individuals’, leveraging its expertise to assist leading national and international companies on complex IT-related matters. Team head Kristof Zadora is ‘unanimously praised for his limitless dedication and unique abilities’, with expertise across IT law, privacy, and data protection, along with distribution law. Zadora frequently advises clients from the medical devices, technology, and automotive sectors. Stephane Criel’s practice centres on IP protection and disputes.
Testimonials
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‘Monard Law has a lot of expertise in a lot of different domains. We work with them for all our commercial legal engagements / conflicts. They are very professional, very responsive and are always looking for the right balance in resolving conflicts. We have done a lot of business with Monard Law and are very happy with the performance.‘
‘Kristof Zadora: Very senior partner level knowledge with a very good knowledge of the broad Monard Law Skills making sure we always have an expert team when we need to discuss topics. Very responsive, available and proactive.‘
- ‘Jill Leen: Expert level in commercial law and the practical implementations. Also, very responsive, and proactive and a person with the right values. We already did a lot of commercial contract engagements with Jill.‘
- ‘Stefanie Stappers: Expert level in commercial law and in public tendering. Stefanie helped us a lot in navigating the public commercial contract landscape. A real asset in the team who made an impact for us in building and growing our public business.’
‘The Team at Monard is dedicated and comprises top tier individuals who without stalling or delay work tirelessly to meet deadlines with the same qualities exhibited by the partner who leads them and is revered for his broad experience and profound in-depth knowledge of laws while not losing site of a bigger picture and commercial considerations. They help clients with effective and practical solutions. They adept their approach to handling all aspects of commercial disputes while pursuing and achieving solid and robust legal solutions.’
‘Kristof Zadora is a standout corporate/commercial lawyer and mentoring partner at Monard Law. He is known for and unanimously praised for his limitless dedication and unique abilities. He gets immediately to the heart of a problem, and drives deals forward with limitless enthusiasm and unwavering energy. Kristof guides his team and facilitates a seemingly effortless collaboration within his team, building on their unique abilities in order to present integrated solutions that encompass both legal, technical and commercial aspects.‘
- ‘Stefanie Stappers has a wealth of knowledge and is an example in terms of professionalism, without losing a personable approach. Stefanie is particularly appreciated for her ability to instantly build trust which is a major stress-alleviating quality. Her seemingly limitless legal knowledge and commercial understanding, combined with her efficient way of working, and effective communication are some of her signature qualities.‘
- ‘Dylan Verhulst is a rising star and can best be described as super-efficient, proactively helpful and providing clear advice. He is friendly, knowledgeable, timely, and clear in all communications. Dylan combines technical strength with genuine empathy in dealing with internal legal councils. Dylan has a professional approach and both a legal and technical understanding well beyond his years.’
Key clients
- Primagaz
- Chili publish
- SOLiTHOR
- University College Leuven Limburg
- UZ Brussel
- Bullswap
- Allimex
- Aurubis
- E-contract
Work highlights
- Advises SOLiTHOR on various commercial matters related to information technology and intellectual property rights, which are essential with respect to its main activity as a cutting-edge developer of solid state lithium batteries.
- Serves as a compagnon de route for all UCLL’s commercial projects for which UCLL can rely on the firm’s particular expertise on intellectual property rights and protection of new technology developments.
- Assists Computacenter, a large full service digital transformation provider (UK based) and its inhouse counsels EMEA on the conclusion of commercial agreements and advise on specific Belgian regulations (including the public procurement legislation) in a variety of commercial relationships from supplier’s side.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Kristof Zadora