Overview

Brussels is the regulatory centre of the European Union and a strategic hub for many of the world's largest multinationals and brands.

You can count on our Brussels-based team of 40+ lawyers from more than 10 different countries to help you navigate your legal challenges. Whether it’s commercial, corporate, competition, employment, EU, intellectual property, privacy and data protection, regulatory, tax or trade law – you can expect expert advice from our full-service firm.

Working in step with your business, you’ll benefit from our strong expertise in the technology, communications, life sciences, electronics, aviation and aerospace, automotive, energy and food & beverage sectors. 

 

Contacts

Anne Federle

Partner  |  Belgium

Benoit Van Asbroeck

Partner  |  Belgium

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News & Events

  1. 2911-2021

    ECB’s Governing Council approves a new oversight framework for electronic payments

    Following a 2020 public consultation, European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council approved a new Eurosystem oversight framework for electronic payments, schemes and arrangements.

  2. 2511-2021

    New mandatory rules on homeworking in Belgium

    With effect since 20 November, the Belgian government has introduced new and stricter rules on homeworking, in the wake of alarming adverse developments in the Covid pandemic. The rules include mandatory homeworking for ...

  3. 1111-2021

    Alert on the PSR’s final report into the card-acquiring market

    The supply of card-acquiring services does not work well for small and medium-sized merchants and large merchants with annual card turnover up to £50 million, the PSR says in its final report

  1. 0312-2021

    GDPR enforcement in Belgium: trends & risks

    Three years into the GDPR, we see that the number of decisions and sanctions from the Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) is significantly on the rise. The same goes for the number of appeals lodged against those decisions. Now is undoubtedly a good moment to look at some of the first substantial GDPR enforcement-related risks and trends.

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Office details

Brussels Office

Bird & Bird (Belgium) LLP
Louizalaan 235 b 1 Avenue Louise
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Contact us

T: +32 (0)2 282 6000
F: +32 (0)2 282 6011

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Accolades

  • Two of our partners were named to the 2018 Legal 500 EMEA Hall of Fame:
    • Jean-Christophe Troussel, partner, Brussels – Intellectual Property
    • Benoit Van Asbroeck, partner, Brussels – IT and telecoms, and Media & Entertainment

    Legal 500 EMEA Hall of Fame 2018

  • "With the backing of colleagues in top-tier teams across Europe and Asia, Bird & Bird’s lawyers in Brussels distinguish themselves in high-stakes patent – and trade secret – litigation and complex transactions."

    IAM Patent 1000 2019 Belgium – Gold

  • Our Belgian IP team has been recognized with tier-one rankings in Copyright & related rights and Patent Contentious in IP Stars 2019.

    IP Stars 2019

  • Our Belgian practices count seven tier-one rankings in the 2019 Legal 500.

    Legal 500 2019

  • "Bird & Bird's prominence in the not-for-profit sphere has made it a first port-of-call for Belgium-based trade and industry associations, European scientific institutions, and other international NPOs."

    Tier 1 – Legal 500 Belgium 2019 – Industry Focus: Information technology and telecoms

  • "Satisfying the total trademark and strategic IP needs of big brands is what Bird & Bird does best."

    WTR 1000 2019 Belgium – Silver

Recent highlights of work

  • Our Brussels IP team has obtained an outstanding success for key client Lexmark in a landmark copyright (reprography) levy dispute.
  • We represented BT in its challenge against a positive State aid decision for 'ultrafast' broadband in Birmingham.
  • Our Brussels Corporate team has assisted MaSTherCell SA, Cell Therapy Holding SA and their shareholders on their acquisition by Orgenesis Inc, a US listed biotech company. The deal provided for the acquisition by Orgenesis Inc. of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Belgian companies in exchange for the issuance of US$ 24.6 million in value of shares of common stock in the capital of Orgenesis.