Our commercial team of lawyers is focusing on providing to our clients pragmatic legal solutions that are not only legally satisfactory but also meeting their business needs. It starts with the assistance in defining the best way to implement their business strategy, in the appropriate drafting of the required legal documents and especially the commercial contracts, the preventive management of any potential conflicting situation and, if necessary, in providing the best solution to solve actual conflicts through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation.
We enjoy of a high recognition in franchising and financial leasing.
We are dealing regularly with distribution agreements (exclusive and selective distribution, agency, franchising, license agreements, commercial promotions and other trade practices, commercial rent, takeover of shops, advertising issues, product liability,….) in Belgium and abroad.
We can rely on the CMS firms abroad for coordinating international distribution networks.
Clients
Our clients include many major national and international companies that we advise in the creation, the development, the management and/or the restructuring of their businesses in Belgium in various sectors (fast food, restaurants, do-it yourself, fashion, furniture, supermarkets, chocolates, gyms…) We also assist our Belgian clients expanding internationally.
For some clients we are in charge of the legal management of their commercial rent agreements portfolio.
Sectors in which our clients operate include:
- Retail
- Media
- Pharmaceutical, chemical and steel producer
- Consumer products producers
- The public sector
- Telecom