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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Belgium
Competition
Within Competition, tier 4
Crowell & Moring’s two-partner competition group advises on merger filings for European corporates, IP-related Article 102 cases, and represents clients in consumer goods cartel investigations. Clients include AT&T, Syngenta and Nestlé. The ‘pragmatic’ Thomas de Meese has the ‘ability to communicate clear recommendations in a multicultural environment’, and Werner Berg is a real ‘expert in Brussels’.
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A , tier 5
Crowell & Moring has sector focuses on the media, defence and biotech industries. Clients include Telenet, Clearwire and NextPharma. The corporate department is headed by Brussels managing partner Emmanuel Gybels.
Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
Within Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping, Crowell & Moring LLP is a third tier firm,
Crowell & Moring’s comprehensive trade law practice acts for clients such as Telenet and Rio Tinto. Practice head Laurent Ruessmann handles international trade and customs matters under WTO, EU or EU member state legislation.
Information technology
Within Information technology, Crowell & Moring LLP is a second tier firm,
Crowell & Moring handled several high-profile cases in 2011, including representing Scarlet in its appeal against the Sabam decision, which ordered Scarlet to install filtering software on its P2P file-sharing network. The practice is also acting for Telenet in a case with the Belgian Anti-Piracy Foundation regarding blocking access to Pirate Bay. Thomas De Meese and Flip Petillion are highly regarded.
Intellectual property
Within Intellectual property, Crowell & Moring LLP is a second tier firm,
At Crowell & Moring, Flip Petillion is ‘a respected authority in IP matters’; ‘he is up to speed on the latest developments and understands his clients’ businesses’. Kristof Roox and counsel Jan-Diederik Lindemans are also highly regarded: ‘their creative and bold tandem is an extremely efficient engine that drives a very capable practice.’ The team has a strong focus on patents and the pharmaceuticals industry, and is defending the Belgian interests of Ajinomoto, a Japanese company in the human and animal nutrition industry, in a global L-lysine patent dispute.
Media and entertainment
Within Media and entertainment, Crowell & Moring LLP is a second tier firm,
Crowell & Moring’s media and entertainment team provides ‘swift, clear and no-nonsense solutions’. It has notable reputations in gaming and betting matters and sports law, and it recently represented Telenet in a successful bid for Belgian top division football broadcasting rights. Flip Petillion and Thomas De Meese are the key contacts.
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