Mr Vincent Busschaert > Liedekerke > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Liedekerke Offices
BOULEVARD DE L'EMPEREUR 3 KEIZERSLAAN
PO-MBD-2023-154
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Vincent Busschaert
Work Department
Labour and Employment / Corporate and M&A.
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Vincent Busschaert is one of the leading labour lawyers in Belgium. His daily fare consists of legal questions relating to individual and collective dismissals, transfers of undertakings, company restructuring, corporate labour law and the drafting and negotiation of individual and collective labour agreements. He acts on a daily basis for various international and Belgian clients and he is an experienced litigator in labour and employment matters. He further advises on issues such as incentive plans and fringe benefits. Vincent Busschaert also specialises in corporate law.
Vincent Busschaert has been an attorney since 1990 and a Partner at Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick since 2001. He has been the Managing Partner of the firm since January 2013.
Languages
Dutch, French, English.
Memberships
Vincent Busschaert is a member of Lex Mundi Labor and Employment Group; Lex Mundi employee benefits and pensions Group; the European Employment Law Association; and l”Association des Juristes Practiciens du Droit Social’.
Education
Vincent Busschaert holds a law degree from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven 1987) and a degree in international law from the University of Brussels (ULB 1990); in addition, he has a degree in finance from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven 2000).
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: Retail
Liedekerke wins plaudits for its ability to assist a far-reaching range of brands connected to retail and consumers goods with an array of issues connected to the supply of goods and services to customers. A quartet of partners head up the practice: Olivier Vanden Berghe is a key contact for commercial contracts and litigation; Etienne Kairis‘ mixed contentious and non-contentious practice extends to issues connected to distribution law; Yves Delacroix
is an expert in real estate; and Paul Geerebaert is able to bring his employment expertise to bear on retail matters. Vincent Busschaert and Sarah Van Den Brande are further names to note.
Belgium > Employment
(Hall of Fame)The employment team at Liedekerke stands out for its expertise in all dismissal-related questions, advising on individual and collective dismissals in the context of TUPE and restructuring projects, employee misconduct and criminal investigations, and closures. Practice head Paul Geerebaert is a key contact for this line of work and is noted in particular for his ability to represent clients before labour courts and tribunals. Further contacts in the team, which is also capable of advising Belgian and foreign corporate clients as well as governmental and public institutions on collective bargaining matters, discrimination claims, and the employment aspects of M&A, include Vincent Busschaert and Bruno Aguirre.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Transport
- Tax
- Private equity
- Insurance
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms