What we say about the firm's legal practice in Belgium
Competition
Within Competition, tier 5
Dechert LLP’s ‘practical’ and very ‘responsive’ group is a key presence in the airline industry. It advised Gategroup on a number of acquisitions and helped EL AL to be dismissed from the EC’s air cargo cartel investigation. Practice head Isabelle Rahman is ‘excellent’ and gives ‘simple and concise advice’. Counsel Wim Vandenberghe joined the group in January 2011 from DLA Piper in Brussels.
Corporate and M&A
Within Corporate and M&A , tier 4
Dechert LLP combines its corporate and securities experience, with strong niche expertise in the energy sector and knowledge of the regulation and operation of network industries, in areas such as electricity, natural gas, rail and telecoms. The main contacts are René Gonne, Richard Temko and Eric Deltour, who is recognised for his ‘technical knowledge’.
EU regulatory
Within Energy, Dechert LLP is a first tier firm,
Dechert LLP’s Wim Vandenberghe has a wealth of experience in the regulation of fossil fuels and renewable energy. His team is advising a major electricity operator on cross-border inter-connectors and the effects of the third energy package.