Expertise

General civil and commercial law

Contracts relating to movable or immovable property, the provision of services, such as banking and insurance services, construction, consultancy, distribution and all other commercial collaboration, outsourcing and acquisition/sale of shares

Corporate law, such as shareholder disputes, liability claims, exclusion and withdrawal proceedings, share transfers and takeover bids

Market practices, advertising and unfair competition

Constitutional law, including proceedings before the Constitutional Court concerning the alleged violation of constitutional rules relating to the allocation of powers and the protection of fundamental and human rights

Contractual liability and quasi-delict liability, including professional liability of credit institutions and financial services companies, auditors, patent agents and notaries, liability of public authorities and their officials or liability arising from damage resulting from dangerous goods or events

Intellectual property and information technology, including proceedings concerning patents, trademarks, design rights, copyright, software, use of trademarks on the Internet, domain name disputes and anti-counterfeiting proceedings (including seizure and counterfeiting in Belgium)

Disciplinary cases, including proceedings for alleged breaches of professional duty by auditors, notaries, doctors, brokers, lawyers, civil servants, magistrates and police officers

Cases relating to social law and pensions, including procedures concerning pay in lieu of notice, dismissal for serious reasons, reclassification of service contracts as employment contracts, social elections and protected employees, discrimination of employees, fulfillment of contractual obligations (non-competition clause, non-solicitation, confidentiality, pension obligations, etc.) and liability of pension funds or their directors