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The View Building, Rue de l'Industrie 26/38
Brussels, 1040

Our Brussels office is one of nine European offices. In addition to being Belgium’s capital and its largest city, Brussels is the political and administrative centre of the European Union (EU). Our team is multilingual, qualified in several jurisdictions, and brings together significant international experience.

Our EU Policy and Regulatory team assists clients in four areas of activity:

  • EU and Member State competition law, including merger clearances, distribution, e-commerce, cartels, abuse of dominance, and state aid.
  • International trade laws, including market access, World Trade Organization (WTO), bilateral trade agreements, trade defense instruments, export controls, and trade sanctions.
  • Internal market and EU regulatory rules in several sectors, with a particular emphasis on the transport and travel sector.
  • Policy and advocacy in a variety of sectors, including financial services, digital services, international trade, transportation, fashion and luxury, and other sectors.

Our team advises international clients on both current and upcoming EU legislation, including advocacy and interaction with the authorities. We regularly represent clients before the European institutions and national authorities.

Our transactional team advises on a wide range of corporate matters, commercial transactions, banking and finance transactions, and related litigation. Our experience covers mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and commercial contracts including distribution. On the finance side, our team advises financial institutions on acquisition and real estate finance, structured finance, security packages, and regulatory and general banking law. Our transactional team also has extensive experience representing companies in complex national and international commercial litigation and arbitration cases. Our team advises both on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Legal 500

Ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA for Aviation in Belgium, 2024

Ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA for Commercial, corporate and M&A in Belgium, 2024

Ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA for Industry focus: Transport in Belgium, 2024

Ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA for Competition: EU and global in Belgium, 2024

Ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA for Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping in Belgium, 2024

Ranked by The Legal 500 EMEA in the United Arab Emirates, 2024

  • Aviation
  • Customs, trade, WTO, and anti-dumping
  • Industry focus: Transport
  • Commercial, corporate and M&A
  • Competition: EU and global

The team at K&L Gates GP is capable of handling both domestic real estate and corporate transactions for Belgian clients as well as working with the firm’s international offices to advise on the Belgian aspects of multi-jurisdictional transactions.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2024

The ‘very skilled, prepared and reactive‘ team at K&L Gates GP maintains its stellar reputation for assisting with global merger control and foreign direct investments matters, and is increasingly attracting attention for its proficiency in handling international cartel investigations. Verticals agreements and distribution issues are also areas of strength.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2024

A worldwide network of competition lawyers with deep knowledge in fashion law.

The Legal 500 EMEA, Competition: EU and Global, 2023

The K&L Gates team is always available and collaborative and focus on the real needs of the clients. The Partners are very well qualified lawyers, proactive and always focused on finding legal solution adapted to the clients’ needs.

The Legal 500 EMEA, Competition: EU and Global, 2023
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