Practice areas

• Communications law (ICT)
• Copyright law
• Patent law
• Trade mark law
• Commercial contracts
• Competition law
• Distribution (franchise, resale, agency)
• Company law
• Non profit and charity

Competences

• Corporate Law
• Commercial Contracts and Economic Regulations
• Litigation in Belgian Jurisdictions
• European Law and Competition Law

Education

• High school at Lycée Martin V (Louvain-la-Neuve)
• University of Assas, Paris II (France) - 2003-2004
• University of Louvain-La-Neuve UCL (Belgique) - Law degree - 2004

Career

• Admitted to the Brussels bar in 2004
• Associate at a lawfirm in Paris (France): 2007-2008
• Associate at DBB since 2008

Memberships

• Member of the “Comité des anciens de la Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre” (Paris) 

Publications

• La création d’une société innovante, aspects juridiques et fiscaux particuliers, A. Chaerels, D. De Backer, P. Demolin, A. Maeterlinck, B. Marchand, M. Rigo, S. Watelet, Anthémis, 2012

Additional info

• Litigation : representation before the courts, arbitrators and administrative instances in the matters listed below

• Distribution : global legal services to franchisors and distributors for the set up, extension and reorganisation of networks, expertise in drawing distribution and distribution related contracts (agency, concession, franchise, commercial lease, purchase of real estate …)

• Intellectual Property : assisting clients for filing in trademark registrations before OHMI (Alicante), BMB (Brussels), WIPO (Genève) including opposition procedures before the European Court of First Instance

• Corporate & Business law : advising and assisting local and international clients in Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate housekeeping, 

Languages

• French
• Dutch
• English