Deloitte Legal - Lawyers

Managing Partner:Kathleen De hornois

Number of partners: 19

Number of lawyers and legal professionals: 138 lawyers and 9 legal professionals

Languages:Dutch, English, French, (German) 

Firm Overview

Deloitte Legal. Lawyers with a head for business.  

Deloitte Legal –Lawyers offers the extensive expertise of a top-tier law firm across the full suite of legal services, coupled with the complementary skillset of Deloitte. Acting as strategic partners for businesses and business owners, they render targeted and effective advice and deliver tech-savvy legal solutions, enabling clients to seize opportunities and navigate change.

The leading multi-disciplinary business law firm in Belgium 

As the leading multi-disciplinary business law firm in Belgium, Deloitte Legal - Lawyers is rated highly for their legal advice but understand that client challenges often go beyond the law.

Deloitte Legal - Lawyers combines legal excellence with business acumen. They support every stage of the organization's lifecycle, from enterprise creation to expansion, transformation and exit. They provide clear and pragmatic advice for any strategic and operational legal challenge.

Deploying tech-savvy legal solutions 

Advances in data and information technology, contract management and automation allow organizations to arrive at better decisions - faster. Deloitte Legal –Lawyers finds and adopts the latest and best technology that improves the performance of legal teams – both their own and their clients’. They help their clients find ways to upgrade their legal tech stack and processes, and can also support in the implementation.

Global and cross-functional reach 

The firm strongly believes that legal teams deliver their best work if they can join forces across legal and business disciplines. Built on top of solid project management, teamwork allows them to approach legal challenges strategically and proactively.When and where needed, Deloitte Legal - Lawyers taps into the reach of a global law firm consisting of more than 2,500 legal professionals in 75 countries.Their affiliation with Deloitte allows them to field specialists in non-legal disciplines like tax, accounting, audit, consulting, and risk management to advise on complex projects.

Investing in the best 

Deloitte Legal - Lawyers delivers real impact for their clients every day. To keep that promise, they recruit the best legal talent and support them to reach their full potential. Recoognised as a "Great Place to Work", the firm is proud to see that their collaborative, open culture and our dedication to talent management are recognized. They strive to build an organization that reflects the diversity of the world, investing in a workforce with varied backgrounds and outlooks. They know and have seen that creating an inclusive culture leads to improved decision-making for the firm, professional growth for their people and better outcomes for their clients.

Sustainability is not a choice - it's billions of them  

At Deloitte Legal - Lawyers, they recognize the urgency of the climate crisis, and believe that they can make a difference by making better choices. In 2017, they set ambitious targets in four key areas. A mix of programmes and incentives is continuously driving down their emissions and footprint in mobility, travel, infrastructure, and waste management (including e-waste). They have already succeeded in cutting CO2 emissions by 74% in five years, and are on track to do much more. As part of the Deloitte Global World Climate strategy, they aim to be a frontrunner in sustainability.

Clients: 

Deloitte Legal -Lawyers’ clients are businesses and business owners that range from multinational and national listed corporations and financial institutions, government organisations and other public authorities to (high-net worth) individuals.

Practice Areas and Offices

Main Areas of Practice: 

Banking & Finance

Capital Markets

Commercial Law

Competition/European Law

Corporate and M&A

Dispute Resolution

Fraud and White-Collar Crime

Employment, Pension & Benefits

Energy, Climate & Sustainability

Healthcare and life sciences

Intellectual Property

IT and telecoms

Media and entertainment

Privacy and data protection

Private Equity

Public Law

Real Estate

Regulatory and Permits

Restructuring and Insolvency

Tax

Transport

Offices: 

• Zaventem (Brussels): Gateway Building, Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal 1J, 1930 Zaventem
• Brussels: Boitsfort building, Terhulpsesteenweg 185 Chaussée de la Hulpe, 1170 Brussels
• Antwerp: Lange Lozanastraat 270, 2018 Antwerp
• Ghent: Raymonde de Larochelaan 19B, 9051 Ghent
• Kortrijk: Pres. Kennedypark 8a/0001, 8500 Kortrijk