Thierry van Innis

Career

I am Of Counsel in the intellectual property and technology practice department of the Fieldfisher Brussels office.

I was a partner at Loeff Claeys Verbeke for 23 years before, joining Allen & Overy as part of the merger in 2002.

At the beginning of 2010 I then joined Fieldfisher, following in the footsteps of IP lawyers Stijn Debaene and Hakim Haouideg, who had also previously joined from Allen & Overy.

In late 2013, I co-founded an IP litigation boutique firm in Antwerp.

In November 2024, I rejoined Fieldfisher as Of Counsel, reuniting with former colleagues, IP Partners Stijn Debaene and Hakim Haouideg.

I have had the opportunity to work on several significant trademark cases before the CJEU and the Benelux Court of Justice, some of which have contributed to important decisions in trademark law.

For several decades, I have collaborated with some of the most prominent names in the fashion industry and I am recognised as the only Belgian lawyer to have received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Leaders European IP Awards.