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Provided by Tom Schoors
Practice Areas
Tom is Managing Managing Partner of Belgium and Belgium Cross-Practice Insurance Lead. He has extensive court litigation and (national and international) arbitration experience.
His commercial litigation practice covers a broad range of complex commercial and contractual disputes. In addition, Tom can draw on more than 25 years’ experience of international business transactions, advising on a wide variety of commercial contracts and projects involving many different sectors and jurisdictions.
Tom has developed particular expertise in both construction disputes and insurance litigation, and co-heads our cross-practice insurance sector team and our PENRI (Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure) sector team. Finally, having a specific interest in the energy markets, Tom regularly assists clients on energy projects and energy disputes. He heads our energy practice and has also lectured on energy contracts at the KU Leuven.
Tom has won plaudits from leading independent legal directories such as Chambers and Legal 500 for his ability to combine his commercial understanding with his legal expertise to provide practical, solution-oriented advice which focuses on getting the best result for his clients.
Chambers Review
Europe
Tom Schoors is the managing partner of the firm's Belgian offering. He has a broad practice in the energy field, advising on the development of new power plants, regulatory issues regarding energy storage and litigation concerning power purchase agreements. He is particularly active in matters involving wind energy.
Tom Schoors advises clients on a wide range of disputes in the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. He also offers significant expertise in construction disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tom Schooras is very open for discussion and very humble."
"Tom is very solution-oriented and helps us find the right arguments. He's very responsive, focused, calm and on top of things."
"Tom Schooras is very open for discussion and very humble."
"Tom is very solution-oriented and helps us find the right arguments. He's very responsive, focused, calm and on top of things."
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