LAWYER PROFILE

Catherine Longeval

Europe 2026

Van Bael & Bellis

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Life Sciences: Domestic

Belgium

6 years ranked

Litigation

Belgium

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Van Bael & Bellis

Practice Areas

Catherine specialises in dispute resolution before the Belgian courts and arbitral tribunals. She advises clients on a wide range of issues, including life sciences law, distribution law, product liability, general commercial law and employment law.

In the field of life sciences law, Catherine’s expertise covers inter alia medicines, medical devices, cosmetics and food supplements. She regularly acts for leading multinationals, providing multidimensional advice and coordinating pan-European projects.

She co-chairs the Life Sciences Practice Group (LSPG), a network of mainly European law firms with strong life sciences regulatory expertise, established at the initiative of Van Bael & Bellis.

Catherine is Co-Chair of the IBA’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Committee. She regularly speaks at conferences and publishes widely on her areas of expertise.

Career

Joined Van Bael & Bellis in 1994, became a Partner in 1997.

Professional Memberships

Brussels Bar, IBA and CEPINA (the Belgian Arbitration Institute).

Publications

Contributor to Van Bael & Bellis' Business Law Guide to Belgium, PLC's Life Sciences Cross Border Handbooks, Commented Codex Pharma of pharma.be, Chambers Global Guides: Pharmaceutical Advertising, Life Sciences.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Life Sciences: Domestic - Belgium

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Catherine Longeval has a wealth of experience advising clients on complex disputes before Belgian courts relating to regulation amendments, reimbursement and product liability. She frequently assists clients with regulatory compliance mandates and distribution issues.

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Litigation - Belgium

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Catherine Longeval of Van Bael & Bellis has a wide-ranging practice advising clients on contractual and liability disputes, as well as debt recovery proceedings and litigation in the life sciences sector. She has further experience in damages claims.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Catherine Longeval is very responsive and has a lot of experience in the sector.
Life Sciences: DomesticChambers European Guide
She really defends her clients and has a good reputation in the market.
Life Sciences: DomesticChambers European Guide
Catherine Longeval has very good knowledge of the industry, cross-border experience and a constructive way of finding solutions to the issue.
Life Sciences: DomesticChambers European Guide
Catherine Longeval is a great litigator. She is very strategic and has great communication skills.
LitigationChambers European Guide
Catherine Longeval is more than a safe pair of hands. In terms of strategising in high-stakes cases, she is my favourite person to go to.
LitigationChambers European Guide
She understands the business and the authorities' ways of working.
LitigationChambers European Guide