Legal advice across eight areas and five jurisdictions

01 · Led by Marcel Derweduwen

Corporate & Commercial Law

Most corporate work is not dramatic. It is a series of decisions — how a company is owned, what a contract promises, who carries a risk — that either hold up years later or do not. We advise founders, family businesses, listed subsidiaries and investors on those decisions across Belgian, Luxembourg, Dutch and Italian law, and we write documents that a court or a future buyer can read without difficulty.

• Incorporation and restructuring of BV/SRL, NV/SA, SARL and S.p.A. entities
• Shareholders' agreements, articles of association and governance arrangements
• Share and asset acquisitions, due diligence and warranty negotiation
• Joint ventures, distribution, agency and franchise arrangements

02 · Led by Alan Rimmer

Financial Law & Regulatory Investigations

The same team handles two very different kinds of urgency. We advise banks, investment firms, payment institutions, fund managers and their directors on authorisation, conduct and supervision across the EU — and, when a supervisor comes asking, we run the response from the first hour, because that is when the record that decides the outcome is still being made. Separately, we act for individuals and businesses recovering funds lost to investment schemes and cryptocurrency theft, where the first days decide what can still be frozen.

• Tracing and recovery of funds lost to investment fraud and cryptocurrency theft
• Freezing injunctions, disclosure orders and enforcement against exchanges and payment providers
• Regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings and settlement negotiations
• Dawn raids and formal information requests from supervisory authorities

03 · Led by Sander de Wit

Employment Law

Employment law differs sharply from one member state to the next, and the differences are expensive. A dismissal that is routine in the Netherlands can be unlawful in Belgium; a notice period that seems generous in Italy may be the statutory minimum. We advise employers on getting these decisions right the first time, and senior executives on negotiating departures and incoming terms.

• Employment and management contracts, including non-compete and confidentiality terms
• Individual dismissal, settlement negotiation and termination documentation
• Collective redundancies, the Renault procedure and works council information and consultation
• Transfers of undertakings (TUPE-equivalent) on business sales and outsourcing

04 · Led by Sander de Wit

Immigration & Mobility

Immigration work is administrative, deadline-driven and unforgiving of small errors. A missing legalisation stamp can cost a family three months. We handle permits and residence applications for employers moving staff into the EU and for individuals and families settling here, and we keep you informed at each step rather than leaving you to guess.

• Single permits, work authorisations and EU Blue Cards
• Intra-Corporate Transferee permits and posted worker notifications (Limosa, WagwEU)
• Highly skilled migrant applications under the Dutch recognised sponsor scheme
• Family reunification and partner residence applications

05 · Led by Alessandro Ferri

Real Estate

Property is national law at its most national: registration systems, notarial practice and transfer taxes differ entirely between Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Italy. We act on commercial and residential transactions in each, and on the holding structures that international owners use to hold them sensibly.

• Purchase and sale of commercial and residential property
• Commercial, retail and office leases, and lease renegotiation
• Development projects, planning permissions and construction contracts
• Property due diligence, title review and soil and asbestos certification

06 · Led by Alessandro Ferri

Litigation & Arbitration

A dispute is a business problem before it is a legal one. Our first task is to tell you what the claim is realistically worth, what it will cost to pursue or defend, and how long it will take — and then to give you the option of settling on terms you would accept. When a case must be fought, we prepare it properly and we appear in court ourselves.

• Commercial and contractual disputes before Belgian, Dutch, Luxembourg and Italian courts
• International arbitration under ICC, CEPANI, NAI and UNCITRAL rules
• Urgent relief: attachments, injunctions and summary proceedings (kort geding, référé)
• Shareholder, joint venture and post-acquisition warranty disputes

07 · Led by Marcel Derweduwen

Intellectual Property

For many of our clients the brand, the software or the process is the business. We help protect it with registrations that actually cover what is being sold, agreements that keep ownership where it belongs, and enforcement that is proportionate to the harm.

• EU trade mark and registered Community design filings, oppositions and cancellations
• Benelux and national trade mark portfolios and clearance searches
• Copyright, software and database rights, including developer and agency contracts
• Trade secrets protection and confidentiality regimes

08 · Led by Alan Rimmer

Data Protection & GDPR

Eight years after the GDPR took effect, enforcement has become specific: transfers, cookie consent, retention and the security of processors. We advise controllers and processors on compliance that can be evidenced, and we act for clients in front of the Belgian Data Protection Authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens and the Garante.

• Records of processing, retention schedules and privacy notices
• Data processing agreements, joint controller arrangements and vendor review
• International transfers: adequacy, standard contractual clauses and transfer impact assessments
• Data protection impact assessments for high-risk and AI-assisted processing