Eubelius

Managing Partner: Matthias Wauters

Number of partners worldwide: 25

Number of other attorneys worldwide: 150

Firm Overview:

Eubelius is Belgium’s largest independent law firm, with offices in Brussels, Kortrijk and Antwerp. Our 25 partners, 16 (senior) counsels and more than 100 associates offer counselling and representation on Belgian and European law. We have privileged working relationships with outstanding independent law firms in many foreign jurisdictions. Our practice has a strong national and international focus, and a significant proportion of our work is cross-border (both inbound and outbound). We serve a very diverse client base, ranging from Fortune 500 multinationals to local entrepreneurs, a large number of companies with public law status, and numerous Belgian companies which are part of large international groups. We represent all Belgian language communities and handle matters in English, Dutch, French and German.

Main Areas of Practice:

Banking & Finance (Lars Van Bever):

■ Financial Transactions

■ Financial Services & Regulation

■ Financial Litigation

■ Insurance Regulation

Capital Markets & Listed Entities (Lars Van Bever, Joris De Wolf):

■ Capital Markets Transactions, Public M&A

■ Governance & Regulatory Matters

Commercial & Consumer Protection (Ignace Claeys):

■ Commercial Law

■ Commercial Practices & Consumer Protection

Competition (Jan Bocken):

■ Implementation of distribution systems and other forms of cooperation agreements

■ Merger Clearance

■ State Aid Matters

■ Compliance & Audit Services

■ Competition Litigation

■ Investigations by competition authorities

Corporate & M&A (Matthias Wauters, Erwin Destuyver, Jeroen Delvoie, Felix Dobbelaere):

■ Mergers & Acquisitions

■ Private Equity & Venture Capital

■ Corporate Advisory Services

■ Restructuring & Insolvency

■ Associations, foundations and not-for-profit organisations

Criminal Enforcement & Compliance (Tom Bauwens)

Dawn raids (Tom Bauwens, Jan Bocken, Svjatoslav Gnedasj)

■ Criminal enforcement

■ Competition

■ Tax

Digital & Data Protection (Anneleen Van de Meulebroucke):

■ Contracts

■ E-commerce

■ Privacy & HR issues

■ Data Security & Cybercrime

■ Technology & Transactions

■ Data Protection Dispute Resolution & Litigation

Employment (Liesbet Vandenplas):

■ Individual Labour Relations

■ Collective Labour Relations

■ Compensation & Benefits

■ Well-being at work, equal treatment and privacy issues at the workplace

■ Start-ups, Restructurings, Mergers & Acquisitions

■ Employment law in the public sector

■ Self-Employed Status and Management Contracts

■ Social Security

■ Litigation & Social Inspections

Energy (Wim Goossens, Barteld Schutyser):

■ Regulatory Advice

■ Dispute Resolution

■ Mergers & Acquisitions

■ Energy Project Development

■ Energy Contracts

Estate Planning & Family Businesses (Patrick Hofströssler, Wouter Claes):

■ Property Management

■ Property Planning

■ Liquidation of Estates

■ Property Planning Structures

■ Family Businesses

Healthcare (Korneel Decroix, Barteld Schutyser, Matthias Wauters):

■ Cooperation in the Healthcare Industry

■ Mergers & Acquisitions in the Healthcare Industry

■ Structuring & Financing of Healthcare Industry

■ Employment in the Healthcare Industry

■ Public Law & Institutional Advice

Intellectual Property (Pieter Callens)

Liability & Insurance (Ignace Claeys)

Life Sciences (Filip Jenné):

■ Assistance with the creation and follow-on financing rounds

■ Assistance Upon Exit

■ Capital Markets (including IPO)

■ Internal Governance

■ Employee Incentive Plans

Mobility (Alain François):

■ Assistance with transactions

■ Drafting of Legislation

■ Regulatory Advice

■ Dispute Resolution & Litigation

■ Tolling

Pensions (Liesbet Vandenplas):

■ Pensions

■ Benefits

Public & Administrative (Barteld Schutyser, Bart Martel):

■ Public Procurement & Government Contracts

■ Environmental & Energy Law

■ Constitutional Law

■ Organising and structuring of public institutions and services

■ Legal status of personnel in public bodies

■ General Administrative Law

Public-Private Partnership (Anthony Logghe, Barteld Schutyser):

■ Public & Administrative Law

■ Contract & Insurance Law

■ Corporate & Banking & Finance Law

■ Tax Law

■ European Law

■ Property Law

■ Civil & Administrative Litigation

Real Estate (Lars Van Bever, Wouter Claes, Wim Goossens, Korneel Decroix):

■ Structuring

■ Regulatory Advice

■ Capital Markets

■ Dispute Resolution

■ Public-Private Partnerships

■ Environmental & Administrative Law

Restructuring & Insolvency (Dominique De Marez)

State-Owned Enterprises (Jeroen Delvoie):

■ Structuring & Transactions

■ Management Contracts

■ Specific Legislation

■ Public Procurement

■ Personnel

■ Governance

■ State Aid & ESA

■ Regulatory Advice

Tax (Wouter Claes, Svjatoslav Gnedasj, Korneel Decroix):

■ M&A Structuring

■ Fund Structuring

■ Real Estate Taxation

■ Tax Disputes

■ Taxation of non-profit organisations

■ Estate Planning