01-09-2020: At Venturis, Rik will assist law firms and other legal service providers in achieving their strategic objectives, particularly through in-depth market analysis, strategic reviews (including strategic business planning), and the development and execution of growth strategies (including the onboarding of teams and mergers & acquisitions).
01-09-2020: Prominent cyber/data/privacy lawyer Patrick Van Eecke has joined Cooley as a partner in its Brussels office. Van Eecke arrives from DLA Piper, where he was co-chair of the firm’s global data privacy and cybersecurity practice. Joining him is a multinational team of data protection professionals from France, Spain and Latvia.
06-07-2020: Simont Braun boosts the capabilities of its Fintech and Financial Services practices by welcoming Partner Joan Carette and Senior Associate Jean-Christophe Vercauteren. These strong additions to the firm enhance our Digital Finance Team’s position on top of the Belgian market
06-03-2020: DLA Piper announces the strengthening of its Global Government Affairs team with the appointment of Richard Sterneberg who will head up the team in its Brussels office.
17-02-2020: The team will be based in the firm’s Brussels office, providing advice to clients globally, and will work particularly closely with Freshfields’ leading disputes practices across continental Europe.
20-01-2020: Noerr strengthens its Brussels office by adding a renowned antitrust specialist to its ranks: Jens Peter Schmidt will be joining the partnership on 15 February 2020. The hire reflects the strategic development of Noerr’s Brussels office.
16-01-2020: Global law firm Reed Smith today announces the opening of an office in Brussels with the arrival of five partners, one counsel and two associates from five international law firms. All five partners are joining the firm’s Global Corporate Group.
09-01-2020: The Brussels office of Stibbe has promoted Delphine Gillet (EU/Competition). Delphine Gillet assists clients in European and Belgian competition law, including merger control, cartels, and abuse of dominance.
26-11-2019: Ambassador O'Sullivan has acquired knowledge of the substantive issues that are at the core of EU relations with the United States, as well as a number of the other major trade and diplomatic relationships of the European Union and its member countries
22-10-2019: Arnold & PorterAlexander Roussanov announced today that Alexander Roussanov has joined the firm's highly ranked Life Sciences & Healthcare Regulatory practice as a partner, resident in Brussels.
01-10-2019: Genevieve Michaux will be based in Brussels, where the firm is opening it 21st office and will initially focus on international trade, FDA and life sciences matters
16-07-2019: Whiddington's practice focuses on supporting international clients involved in cartel and sector investigations by national or European Commission authorities, and advising them on the competition aspects of mergers and joint ventures
03-06-2019: King & Spalding announced today that international trade specialist Marie-Sophie Dibling has joined the firm as a partner in its International Trade Group.
10-05-2019: Global legal business DWF has announced the appointments of banking and finance partner, Paul Cesar (Paris) and EU competition partner, Christian Peeters (Brussels)
24-04-2019: Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed Kyriakos Fountoukakos to the role of Managing Partner of its Brussels office. His appointment comes as the firm also announces the promotion of Daniel Vowden to partner in Brussels and of Peter Rowland to Of Counsel, with effect from 1 May 2019.
21-03-2019: Dr. Italianer, a former participant in the International Visitors Program run by the United States State Department, holds a Ph.D., cum laude, in economics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.