Brussels, Belgium

Member Overview

Number of Partners:

14 Partners

21 Associates


Main Client Sectors

Our national and international clientele cover the main Industrial, Commercial and Service Sectors: Accounting, Advertising, Agri-foods, Banking, Cement, Concrete, Construction, Chemicals, Computers, Energy Distribution, Government and Semi-public, Hotels and Restaurants, Insurance, Motor Vehicles, Press, Real Estate, Sport, Steel and other metals, Textiles, Tobacco, Transport, etc.


Year of Establishment

The firm was founded in 1976.


Languages Spoken

The languages used in the firm are French, Dutch, English, German, Italian and Turkish.


Professional Indemnity Insurance

In Belgium, since 2007, the winning party receives normally an indemnity chosen by the Judge between a minimum and maximum indemnity fixed by law according to the value of the case.


Contact

Avenue Louise 235

B – 1050 Bruxelles

Belgium

 

Tel: 00 32 (2) 543 02 00

Fax: 00 32 (2) 538 13 78

 

E: odu@vancutsem.be

W: www.vancutsem.be

 

 

 

van Cutsem Wittamer Marnef           & Partners

  

Areas of Expertise

 

We inform, advise and assist our clients in many different fields. We defend them before national and international courts. We work primarily in the following areas: Company law, Law of Associations and Foundations, Commercial law, Employment law and Social Security, Tax law, Distribution law, Insurance and Liability law, Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property law and Commercial Practices, Competition law, European law, Real Estate law, Construction law, Litigation and Arbitration, Law of Persons and Family law, Traffic law, Debt Recovery, Procedure for the Collective Settlement of Debts –  Debt Mediation, Mediation, Media law.

 

Further details and useful information to clients is available on the Website www.vancutsem.be.

 

Ability to Represent Clients throughout the Country

 

We are able to represent our clients both in Belgian and EC Tribunals (first degree) and Courts (Appeal) throughout the Country.

Practice Areas of the Partners

 

 

Jean-Pierre van Cutsem

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1966

Practice Areas:

Distribution Law, Company Law, Litigation and Arbitration.


 

René-François Piret

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1974

Practice Areas:

Media Law, Personal and Family Law.


 

Patrick Marnef

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1978

Practice Areas:

Distribution Law, Banking and Credit, Construction Law.


 

Bernard Dautricourt

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1979

Practice Areas:

Real Estate Law, Personal and Family Law; Commercial Law.


 

Patrice Courtin

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1981

Practice Areas:

Employment Law and Social Security, Insurance and Liability Law, Commercial Law.


 

Jan Cuypers

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1989

Practice Areas:

Traffic Law, Insurance and Liability Law, Distribution Law.


 

Pierre Beyens

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1987

Practice Areas:

Employment Law and Social Security, Insurance and Liability Law, Commercial Law.


 

Katrien Serrien

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1982

Practice Areas:

Debt recovery, Procedure for the Collective Settlement of Debts, Debt Mediation.


 

Olivier D'ursel

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1991

Practice Areas:

Commercial Law, Real Estate & Construction Law, Litigation & Mediation.


 

Bertrand Wittamer

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1993

Practice Areas:

Insurance and Liability Law, Distribution Law, Employment Law and Social Security.


 

Eric Louis

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1996

Practice Areas:

Company Law, Law applied to Associations and Foundations, Commercial Law.


 

Laurent Tainmont

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1994

Practice Areas:

Tax Law


 

Damien De Keyser

Admitted to the Brussels Bar 1996

Practice Areas:

Intellectual Property Law and Commercial Practices, Distribution Law, Commercial Law.

Main Contact

 

 

Olivier D’ursel

odu@vancutsem.be