Mr Olivier van der Haegen > Loyens & Loeff > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Loyens & Loeff
TERVURENLAAN 2
1040 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Work Department

Litigation & Risk Management

Position

For more information, please click the following link: Olivier van der Haegen | Loyens & Loeff (loyensloeff.com)

Career

Olivier van der Haegen, attorney at law, is Partner and member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Brussels office. He is experienced in dispute resolution, and focuses on international arbitration. He is also a member of the Corporate Investigations, Compliance & Defence and of the France Region Teams.

 

Olivier regularly acts as counsel in international arbitration proceedings, either ad hoc or under various institutional rules. He also assists clients in court proceedings relating to setting aside, recognition and enforcement of international arbitral awards or foreign judgments (including in investment treaty cases and against Sovereigns).

Aside from his extensive arbitration practice, Olivier handles litigations (including white-collar crime defence) before Belgian courts in the real estate, construction, energy and media industries.

Olivier also sits as an arbitrator under the ICC or Cepani Rules.

His recent activities include the representation of:

• Foreign investors in enforcement proceedings of investment-treaty awards (UNCITRAL and ICSID) against sovereign States;

• Two real estate developers in post-M&A Cepani arbitrations (seats in Brussels and Luxembourg);

• A credit insurance company and a world leading energy company in ICC arbitration against an African employer (seat in Paris);

• A Belgian leading infrastructures company acting as contractor in ICC arbitration against a Spanish employer (seat in Paris);

• A publisher and media company in civil and criminal proceedings relating to a fraud on the art market.

Finally, Olivier is a member of the editorial board (dispute resolution section) of one of Belgium’s leading commercial law journals (RDC – Revue de Droit Commercial / TBH – Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht).

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Dispute resolution

(Next Generation Partners)

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Lawyers within the practice at Loyens & Loeff are commended for being ‘technically excellent‘, and frequently work on complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and international arbitration matters. The Brussels office coordinates closely with the Dutch, Luxembourg, and Swiss offices of the firm, adding to their cross-border capabilities. A wide range of notable clients seek the expertise of the team for representation, including Pfizer, Amazon, AstraZeneca, and Meta. Hakim Boularbah is an ‘outstanding professional with impressively effective legal skills’, and leads the team alongside Olivier van der Haegen. Maria-Clara Van den Bossche is a ‘standout lawyer‘ as well as a ‘great problem-solver and strategist‘.

Belgium > Fraud and white-collar crime

With an emphasis on internal investigations and compliance, the team at Loyens & Loeff handles a mix of advisory and prevention work, investigations and representation in criminal proceedings. It acts for a diverse range of well-known corporate clients, leveraging the firm’s interdisciplinary expertise to cover various matters related to fraud and business criminal law such as anti-money laundering. White-collar criminal law specialist and ‘excellent advocate’ Clémence Van Muylder leads the team alongside Olivier van der Haegen, who brings significant experience in domestic and cross-border litigation.