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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Belgium
Competition
Within Competition, Howrey LLP is a second tier firm,
The Howrey LLP practice is ‘hard-working, creative, offers fresh insights and can get up to speed quickly on challenging legal, technical and business issues’. Clients praise the team’s ability to work well with in-house counsel and any additional external lawyers. It acted for Schering-Plough in its $41bn merger with Merck, and was notably instructed by Microsoft to assist with the Commission’s investigation into the alleged tying of Internet Explorer with Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Head of practice Trevor Soames is valued for his ‘leadership and co-ordination and advocacy with the Commission’. Damien Geradin is praised for ‘economic skills’, Lars Kjolbye for his ‘written advocacy and Commission knowledge’ and Goetz Drauz for ‘extensive Commission experience’.
Intellectual property
Within Intellectual property, Howrey LLP is a first tier firm,
Howrey LLP’s IP offering is jointly headed by the ‘excellent’ Carl De Meyer and Benoît Strowel. Regarded for patent litigation, the practice has a broad range of industry sector clients IT, electronics, telecommunications and life sciences. Recent highlights include advising a global biopharma company on several multi-jurisdictions litigation cases. It also acted for Mega Brands in the high profile case against Lego concerning the cancellation of Lego’s 3D trademark covering the basic 8 stud brick. Additional clients include the Belgian Society of Music Publishers. Bolstering partners numbers, the practice appointed Fabienne Brison and Patricia Cappuyns to the role of partner.
Media and entertainment
Within Media and entertainment, Howrey LLP is a third tier firm,
Highlights for Howrey LLP included advising several Belgian publishers of music scores before the Constitutional Court of Belgium. It also acted for four Flemish cable distributors against Agicoa on the termination and interpretation of their agreement on the digital distribution of television signals in Flanders. Clients are ‘very happy with the service provided by the knowledgeable team’, and particularly rate its ability in court. Fabienne Brison is ‘intelligent, committed and presents well in court’. Elvis Presley Enterprises is a notable client.
What we say worldwide
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Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Competition : Competition
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
Foreign Firms
France
Offices in Paris
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Intellectual property: Boutiques : Intellectual property: Boutiques
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
London
Offices in London
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
US
Offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Houston, Irvine, Salt Lake City, Palo Alto, and New York
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: hi-tech electronics and IT
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: International Trade Commission
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious – full coverage
- Litigation : Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Litigation : Supreme Court
- Litigation : Appellate
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Real estate and construction : Construction litigation
- Real estate and construction : Construction: West Coast