International Law Firm in Brussels, Belgium

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Other Offices: Bishkek  Geneva  

Law Firm Overview

Lorenz is an international law firm with offices in Brussels, Bishkek and Geneva. Our team of lawyers has broad experience in handling international transactions, international disputes and in providing all-round compliance solutions.

The Lorenz Brussels office is currently providing legal services in a wide array of Belgian business law to multinational corporations, trade associations, governments and domestic Belgian enterprises and has a special focus on the IT & New Media sector. The firm’s fields of expertise include commercial contracts & transactions, corporate/mergers & acquisitions, IT & new media, privacy & data protection, HR & employment, diplomatic relations & international public law, litigation/arbitration & ADR, energy & national resources and transport & aviation.

The Lorenz Bishkek office offers investors professional services to help them to navigate the legal environment in Central Asian states and to start up a successful business in the region. In particular, Lorenz provides advice on Central Asian foreign trade and national trade policies and information and legal assistance to all those foreign companies that wish to develop business with their Central Asian counterparts. From its hub in Bishkek Lorenz coordinates projects in Central Asia, where necessary with local correspondents in countries other than Kyrgyzstan. It has a special focus on the energy, mining and hotel industry.

Special about Lorenz is its independent status whilst being strategically connected to some of the finest law firms all over the world. This allows Lorenz to service its clients in international legal projects when needed and at the same time provide a personalized assistance to its clients. The vast experience of Lorenz lawyers in coordinating international teams in an independent and, therefore, cost-efficient manner is what makes Lorenz different and very efficient. Our local experience, knowledge of local business customs and conditions, influential political and economical stakeholders, market trends and developments enables us to offer our clients a truly unique service.

Areas of Law

Areas of Law Description

We represent clients in matters across core areas of business law. Our experience continues to grow with the needs of our clients. Continuing legal education ensures that our lawyers are constantly adapting to our clients’ new challenges.

- Sports and Entertainment Law

Understanding the specific nature and requirements of the global sports and entertainment industry, our niche lawyers combine in-depth knowledge and technical skills with a result driven approach and a direct availability. Handling both national and international matters, Lorenz sports lawyers provide services covering contract negotiating and drafting, dispute resolution as well as legal advice on commercial sports rights and projects. Our clients include athletes, coaches, teams, agents, leagues, sponsors, sports right holders, sports academies, investors, event organizers and advertisers. Within the entertainment business, we offer legal assistance in various areas such as television, music, motion pictures, electronic and print media. On a personal level we assist artists and media personalities with contract issues, corporate matters, reputation management, image and personality rights (including privacy), performance contracts and endorsements.

- Commercial Law

Commercial law governs a wide range of business transactions and deals with issues of both private law and public law. It includes the negotiating and drafting of national and international commercial agreements such as agency, distribution, licensing, and franchising agreements and also entails consumer protection law, unfair trade practices, consumer law and product liability. We seek to ensure that these contracts achieve the business goals of our clients while remaining compliant with the applicable national and EU laws. Due to the complex nature of the aforesaid agreements and the important financial consequences they can entail clients depend on Lorenz’ specialized and tailor made legal advice: at Lorenz, we do not believe in standard contracts as the needs of our clients are not standard either. Practice areas within Commercial Law: National & International Commercial Contracts; Consumer Protection & Trade Practices; Distribution & Other Commercial Forms of Cooperation; Central Asian Corporate & Commercial Practice; Aviation, Transport & Insurance Issues; Real Estate / Construction; Intellectual Property.

- Competition Law

Businesses around the globe face the challenge of complying with a multitude of competition laws, both in relation to transactions and their day-to-day commercial behavior. Our competition practice offers depth and breadth of experience to assist clients in overcoming this challenge. Lorenz regularly advises clients in many different industries on the antitrust/competition law aspects of corporate deals and of commercial conduct as well as in litigation matters in court. We represent clients before the European Commission, before the European Court of First Instance and the European Court of Justice, as well as before national courts and national competition authorities throughout Europe. Our lawyers respond to clients’ needs in a broad range of antitrust/competition law matters, including: Antitrust audits and compliance programs; Competition litigation; Cartel investigations; Monopolization / abuse of dominance cases; Merger control; Distribution agreements; Horizontal cooperation / joint ventures / trade associations; and Intellectual property.

- Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions

Lorenz offers the full range of legal services that corporate clients require to facilitate commerce in Belgium, Central Asia and elsewhere, including assistance with the incorporation process, advice on the conditions for conducting business, advice on directors’ liabilities and responsibilities and shareholders’ rights, assistance with corporate governance issues and assistance with the drafting and negotiation of shareholders’ agreements, etc. We also advise clients on the restructuring or re-organization of companies, privatization and insolvency issues and the dissolution and liquidation of companies. Practice areas within Corporate Law: Mergers & Acquisitions; Joint Ventures, Shareholders’ Agreements, Consortia and Corporate Alliances; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Capital Markets and Securities Laws; Acquisition Finance; Company Formation and Corporate Law Advice; Corporate Restructuring and Reorganizations/Insolvency; Corporate Governance; Company Secretarial Services; Corporate Litigation; Legal Opinions/Lawyer’s Letters.

- Privacy and Data Protection

Companies rely heavily on electronic databases and centralized IT systems for the storage, handling and transfer of personal data of their employees, customers and other business relations. Due to the evolution of new technologies, more information, including personal data, is collected than ever. Personal data constitute a valuable corporate resource and are increasingly shared and transferred internationally as the economy has become global. Lorenz lawyers have wide-ranging experience in the field of privacy data protection law and have acted as counsel for many international corporations, governments and international organizations, advising them in the following fields of expertise: Data Protection Compliance; Data Security Breaches; Direct Marketing Policies; Document Management Policies; Employee Privacy and Monitoring; International Projects, Cross-Border Data Transfers and Multi-jurisdictional Notifications; Privacy Litigation; Specific Industries.

- Diplomatic Relations & International Public Law

Brussels and Geneva are both world capitals of international relations and diplomacy. Lorenz boasts a unique diplomatic and international public law practice and represents a multitude of international organizations, diplomatic missions, embassies, diplomats and civil servants. Lorenz is proud to be referred to as “Le Cabinet Diplomatique”. We also handle: Diplomatic Law; Representation of Governments, Embassies & Diplomats; Representation of International Organizations; Immunity & Benefits Issues; International Civil Service Issues; International Agreements & Conventions; General EU Law; International Trade Law.

- Energy & National Resources Law

Lorenz has extensive experience advising clients on legal matters related to energy projects. We also have experience with gold mining projects and due diligence – in particular in Kyrgyzstan for Kyrgyz and foreign companies. We are committed to providing our clients with the highest quality of comprehensive and practical advice in an efficient and timely manner. Our clients include developers, operators, investors and other energy sector participants. Our firm also handles the following: Classical Energy Law; Renewable Energy Law; Central Asian Gold & Coal Mining; Central Asian Energy Resources Exploitation.

- Labor Law

Our HR team is advising on employment law, employee benefits and incentives, right-sizing, in- or outsourcing, and business migration. Because of the international context in which our clients are involved the team has extensive experience with expatriation and cross-border matters. We also handle the following issues of labor law: Employment Agreement related Issues; Expat Work Permit Issues; Hiring-related Issues; Compensation & Benefits; Dismissal-related Issues; Collective Employment Law; Employment Regulations & Policies; Relocation, Collection Redundancies and Plant Closure; Health & Safety.

- Litigation / Arbitration and ADR

Although our primary aim lies in finding amicable solutions to disputes between clients and third parties through lobbying, negotiation and alternative dispute resolution methods, litigation or arbitration will sometimes become unavoidable. The Lorenz litigation team has many years of experience in defending the interests of clients before all Belgian courts, the European Court of First Instance, the European Court of Justice as well as before national and international arbitrators. The Lorenz litigation lawyers can assist you in the field of commercial litigation, debt recovery, unfair trade practices employment, intellectual projects, IT, and competition law litigation and international commercial or institutional arbitration.

- Tax

We work closely with an independent tax law boutique to provide in an integrated manner transactional tax advice on all varieties of complex transactions and restructuring. Our correspondents with whom we closely cooperate can provide second opinions on tax structures of our clients’ usual tax advisors and assist in dealings with the tax authorities (including advance rulings) and complex tax litigation, both in the direct and indirect tax area.

Lawyers

	Mrs. Claudia Allatta Lawyer Employment		Mr. Jan Dhont Lawyer Computer and Software, Data Protection, Domain Names, E-Commerce, Information Technology
	Mr. Sébastien Ledure Lawyer Arbitration, Employment, Entertainment Law, Litigation, Sports and Recreation		Mr. Pieter Londers Lawyer Agency and Distributorship, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law
	Mr. Bert Theeuwes Lawyer Employee Benefits, Employees Rights, Employment, Immigration, Labor

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