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CHAUSSÉE DE LA HULPE, 120
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Mr Jean-François Van Drooghenbroeck

Work Department
Litigation & Arbitration
Position
Of Counsel
Career
Jean-François van Drooghenbroeck is specialized in private and international judicial law, liability law, insurance law as well as contract law, including the aspects of international private law of forementioned disciplines.
Given his competences in forementioned fields, he is regularly consulted as expert by the parliament, the government and other Belgian, foreign and international institutions.
Jean-François puts his expertise at the service of the litigation department of this office in all kinds of national and international, judicial and arbitral proceedings.
Languages
French, English, Dutch
Memberships
Jean-François is member of several national and international associations in the domain of judicial law and collaborates with an number of editors among which the Journal des Tribunaux of which he is vice secretary.
Education
Graduated with “greatest distinction” (1994) and doctor of law at the Catholic University of Leuven (2003), Jean-François is since 2004 professor judicial law at the Faculty of Law of this university (of which he has been vice dean from 2006 to 2009) as well as at the Faculty of Law of Saint-Louis (Brussels). He lectures and does research in all matters relevant to Belgian and international procedural law. He is the author of multiple conventions, monographs and contributions, and laureate of multiple scientific prices.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Intellectual property
The practice at NautaDutilh ‘delivers strategic, commercially-focused advice with precision and agility’, advising clients on issues related to copyright, trade secrets, advertising, and domain names. National and cross-border litigation is another strength of the team, which regularly appears before the EU courts. IP litigator Tanguy de Haan leads the team, and ‘consistently impresses with his depth of expertise, responsiveness, and proactive approach’. Also acting as head of the team is Florence Verhoestraete, with a practice focusing on trademarks, patents, trade secrets and unfair competion. Jean-François Van Drooghenbroeck is noted.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property