Practice areas

• Restructuring and insolvency
• ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil and commercial litigation
• Environmental Expropriation, Mining, Dredging
• Construction law
• Real estate
• Commercial contracts
• Competition law
• Distribution (franchise, resale, agency)
• Insurance and liability
• Company law
• Non profit and charity

Competences

• Troubled Businesses: Bankruptcy and Insolvency
• Commercial Retail
• Commercial Contracts and Economic Regulations
• Insurance and Liability
• Litigation in Belgian Jurisdictions
• Real Estate
• Civil and Commercial Litigation in French Jurisdictions
• Mediation and Arbitration (ADR)
• Commercial Distribution (franchise, agency, reseller)
• Insurance

Education

• 1973: Degree in Law at the Catholic University of Leuven 
• 1968-1970: First certificate in Law, University Faculty Saint-Louis (Brussels) 
• 1970-1973: Degree in Law at the Catholic University of Louvain (Leuven) 
• 1973-1974: Post-graduate degree in Social law at the Catholic University of Louvain (Leuven) 
• 1993-1994: Masters in European Law at the University of Liege
• 2012-2013: Training in civil and commercial mediation and accreditation as mediator at the Belgian Federal Mediation Commission.

Career

• Admitted to the Bar of Mons (Belgium) in 1973 and of Paris (France) in 1995 
• Co-founder of the law firm DEMOLIN & BRULARD (1985)
• Professor company law
• Chairman, since 2008, of the Arbitration Commission (established under the Act of 16 December, 2005) on pre-contractual information required for the establishment of commercial partnership contracts
• Belgian Member of the IFLA - INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION: www.franchiselawyers.net 
• Member of the experts panel of the Belgian Franchise Federation www.fbf-bff.be
• mediator in civil and commercial matters, agreed by the Belgian federal Commission of mediation
• Substitute counselor at the Court of Appeal of Mons

Memberships

• Belgian Franchise Federation
• Belgian Member of the Legal Committee of the European Franchise Federation (EFF)

• Founding partner and former president of GEIE LAWROPE, European group of lawyers with headquarters in Brussels lawrope.com

Publications

• 2015: The bank officer- Rights and obligations- Kluwer
• 2015: The insurance officer- Rights and obligations- Kluwer
• 2015: Commercial distribution- Collective work- BDC Conferences Brussel october 2015-Larcier
• 2015: De responsability of the lawyer as trustee in the bankruptcy or of the lawyer as liquidator or as provisional administrator (collective work with Alexandre Iwaszko) in Responsability(ies) of the lawyer- Anthemis
• 2014 : Le contrat d'agence - Droit et obligations - Kluwer
• 2014: La loi sur l’information précontractuelle dans le cadre d’accords de partenariat commercial - Commentaires de la loi du 2 avril 2014 portant insertion du Titre 2 du Livre X du Code de droit économique - Larcier
• 2014: La distribution commerciale - Ouvrage collectif - Larcier - Conferences BDC Brussels October 2013 - Larcier 
• 2012: La création d'une société innovante (with Marjorie Rigo) – Anthemis
• 2011: Le contrat de franchise (with Véronique Demolin) – Larcier
• 2009: Le droit de la distribution - Le contrat de franchise et l'information précontractuelle – Anthemis
• 2009: Le créancier face à l'insolvabilité du débiteur (with Jérôme Materne) – Anthemis
• 2007: Agent commercial, agent de banque et agent d'assurance- Kluwer
• 2006: Les 25 marchés émergents du droit – Droit de la distribution - Bruylant
• 2001: Le contrat de franchise : Chronique de jurisprudence (1995-2000) – Brussels – Larcier – Collection des dossiers du Journal des Tribunaux
• 2000: Le contrat d’agence de banque – Questions et réponses – Brussels – UCM – APAFI
• 1999: L’application des règles européennes relatives aux aides d’Etat par les juridictions belges – Brussels – Publication des Communautés Européennes (collective work – with Miguel TRONCOSO)
• 1997: La restructuration des entreprises en difficulté – Brussels – CED Samson (with Yves BRULARD)
• 1997: La position du juge national dans l’examen de la conformité des aides d’Etat avec les règles du Traité de Rome – Brussels – Bruylant (collective work with Yves BRULARD)
• 1997: Les transactions commerciales avec les consommateurs – droit et internet – Namur – Cahiers du CRID Story Scientia (collective work with Yves BRULARD)
• 1996: La nouvelle loi sur le contrat d’agence – Brussels – Kluwer (with Yves BRULARD)
• 1996: La concession de vente – Brussels – Kluwer Guide Juridique de l’Entreprise (with Jean-Paul TRIAILLE)
• 1994: The legal privilege – Brussels – Bruylant (ouvrage collectif – avec Yves BRULARD)
• 1994: La mise en gage du fonds de commerce – Brussels – AEBDF – Mys et Breesch (collective work with Yves BRULARD)

Languages

• French
• Dutch
• English