Paul Alain Foriers

Practice Areas

Paul Alain Foriers is a lawyer at the Supreme Court. He combines an active practice of litigation and of advisory work. He is Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Until May 2018, his main course was on contracts and torts and he now focuses on special issues of company law.

He handles complex disputes in civil, commercial, corporate and financial laws, before all jurisdictions and arbitration venues. He also acts as an arbitrator.

In addition, he assists listed and unlisted companies and family groups in relation to corporate and family structurings, public offerings and takeover bids, corporate matters and financial regulations. He also provides advice on complex questions of civil and commercial law.

Paul Alain Foriers is one of the four experts appointed by the Minister of Justice Koen Geens to work on the reform of the Companies Code, which entered into force in May 2019.