Languages

• Bulgarian
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Russian
• Spanish

Areas of Practice

• Airlines & Aviation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• Automotive
• Banking & Finance
• Construction
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Energy
• Energy Regulatory
• European Labor Law
• Financial Services
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Government Regulation
• Intellectual Property
• International Cartel Investigations
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Outsourcing
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity/Tax
• Product Response Team
• Real Estate
• State Aid
• State and Local Tax Counseling
• Tax
• Telecommunications
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Transfer Pricing

Published Works

• Jones Day's Howard Liebman on Brussels' Growing Importance in Pan-European Deals, 2008
• Basic Tax Planning for Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds, Tax Management International Forum, BNA International, 2007
• Belgian Chapter of the Special Report Private Equity: A Technical Review, BNA International, 2007
• Additional Adjustments to be Made in the Wake of a Transfer Pricing Adjustment, Tax Management International Forum, 2006
• Quelle responsabilité pour les exploitants du secteur agroalimentaire?, in P. Nihoul, S. Mahieu (dir.), La sécurité alimentaire et la réglementation des OGM, Brussels, Larcier, pp. 99-135, 2005
• Le droit communautaire des marques: nouvelles tendances, J.T.D.E., pp. 129-140, 2005
• Tax Consequences of Engaging in a Sale-Repurchase Transaction Using Host Country Securities: Belgium, Tax Management International Forum, 2002
• The EU Code of Conduct vs. The Prohibition against "State Aid", Proceedings of the Universidade Nova International Tax Conference, 2002
• obs. under Cour d'arbitrage, 9 January 2002, n° 2/2002, Bull. BMM, 2002, pp. 97-102., 2002
• "Belgium," in Michael N. Meller (ed.), International Patent Litigation - A Country-by-Country Analysis, Washington, BNA Books, looseleaf, coauthor(s): M. Buydens, X. Vermandele, 2002
• Concurrence déloyale et signes distinctifs en droit belge, Bull. BMM, pp. 132-138., 2001
• Brussels, 2001

Representative Cases

• Base N.V. v. The Brussels Region
• In re Client B , (2006)
• In re Vitamins Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1285 (D.D.C.)
• Litigation Against Belgacom Mobile N.V.
• LNC Investments Inc v. Republic of Nicaragua, Folio 2000 No. 1061, and LNC Investments v. The Republic of Nicaragua, R.R.No. 00240/03
• Acquisition by SogGen Capital Europe
• Acquisition of a Belgian Company
• Acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics , (2009)
• Acquisition of Amena
• Acquisition of Arlinvest
• Acquisition of Avis Europe Fleet Leasing Operation
• Acquisition of Business Objects S.A.
• Acquisition of Citibank European Merchant Acquiring Services
• Acquisition of Citibank Portfolio
• Acquisition of Eurinpro
• Acquisition of Fers Resin
• Acquisition of GE Americom
• Acquisition of GE's silanes business
• Acquisition of Gillette
• Acquisition of Guidant Businesses
• Acquisition of INVISTA
• Acquisition of Kos Pharmaceuticals
• Acquisition of Nokian Renkaat Oyj
• Acquisition of Omrix Biopharmaceuticals.
• Acquisition of OutlookSoft
• Acquisition of Sophia S.A.
• Acquisition of Systinet
• Acquisition of Tafime SA , (2008)
• Acquisition of the Halliburton Geophysical Business
• Acquisition of Three Belgian Companies
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Acquisition of Turkcell , (2005)
• Acquisition of two composite manufacturing plants
• Acquisition of Vyncolit
• Acquisitions
• AIM Flotation Listing
• Alliance of European Mobile Telecommunications Operators
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Litigation
• Appeal of French Competition Council Charges Against Oil Companies
• Belgacom Litigation
• Belgacom Litigation
• Belgacom Litigation
• Belgacom Litigation
• Belgacom Litigation
• Belgian Joint Venture
• Brussels Court of Appeal Rate Suspension Case
• Cartel Investigation
• Commission case in relation to excessive prices for roaming services
• Confidential Spin-Off and Consolidation Counseling
• Credit Facility
• Development of Industrial Complex
• Directory Inquiry Litigation
• Divestiture of Two Belgian Property-Owning Companies
• EC Air Cargo Cartel Investigation , (2009)
• Elf Aquitaine Acquisition
• EU Commission proceedings
• EU Commission proceedings
• EU Sector Inquiry
• European Commission Approval for Government Subsidy
• European Communities Constitutional Litigation
• European Court of First Instance Appeal
• European Court of Justice Appeal
• European Court of Justice Litigation and Lobbying
• European Reorganization
• Financing for the Construction of a 4-star Hotel , (2005)
• Heidelberger Zement Acquisition
• Hercules Acquisition
• Increase of Stake in Nordic Satellite AB
• International Tax Advice
• International Tax Advice
• International Tax Structuring and Advice
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture between Litton Inc.'s Western Geophysical Business and Dresser's Atlas Wireline Division
• Joint Venture for Developing, Marketing, and Providing Offshore Outsourcing Services for the Banking Industry
• Joint Venture in the Soviet Union
• Joint Venture in the Ukraine
• Joint Venture with British Airways and Iberia
• Joint Venture with Gaz de France
• Joint Venture with Peugeot
• Joint Venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën
• LucasVarity Acquisition
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• M&A
• Marine Hose Cartel Investigation , (2009)
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Mecamold Acquisition
• Merger of Operations
• Merger Opposition
• Merger with Elf Aquitaine
• Methionine Cartel Investigation
• Methylglucamine Criminal Investigations
• New Skies Satellites Acquisition
• Nokian Tyres Transaction
• Numerous Transactions
• Pan-European Acquisition Facility
• Pan-European Reorganizations and Spin-Off
• Peugeot Citroën Joint Venture
• Portfolio Acquisition
• Private Placement
• Public Offering
• Public Offering
• Public Offering
• Real Estate Joint Venture
• Regulatory and Competition Counseling
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Sale of Animal Nutritional Feed Additives Business
• Sale of European tissue and towel business
• Sale of Global Precipitate Calcium Carbonate Business
• Sale of interest in SOFASA , (2009)
• Sale of NextiraOne Europe
• Sale of SpinBrush business
• Secured Credit Facility
• Securitization
• Securitization
• SN Brussels merger
• Snack Ventures Europe Acquisition
• Sorbates Cartel Investigation
• State Aid
• State aid case involving the postal services sector
• State Aid Matter
• Stock Option Plan
• Strategic Alliance With Nissan
• Structuring a Joint Venture with Accor/Wagons-Lits
• Syndicated Credit Facility
• Syndicated Multicurrency Revolving Facility
• Tax-Free Spin-Off
• T-Mobile Infrastructure Sharing and National Roaming Agreement
• Transfer Pricing
• U.K. OFT Proceedings
• Ukranian Joint Venture
• Various Acquisitions
• Visible Genetics Acquisition
• Vitamins Cartel Investigation
• Worldwide Reorganization

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Defense Contracts, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal Contracts, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Food & Drug Administration, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Housing & Urban Development, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Law Enforcement Agencies, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Medicare & Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Partnerships, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, RICO Act, Sales & Use Taxes, Savings & Thrifts, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State & Municipal Contracts, State, Local & Municipal Law, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Venture Capital, Veterans' Affairs, Wage & Hour Laws, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Welfare, Whistleblower -- Employee, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Wrongful Termination -- Employee