Mrs Florence Verhoestraete > NautaDutilh > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

NautaDutilh
CHAUSSÉE DE LA HULPE, 120
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Work Department

Intellectual Property, Litigation & Arbitration

Position

Partner

Career

Florence Verhoestraete has practiced IP law since 1994, with a focus on patents, trademarks and unfair competition. She represents clients in the food, consumer goods and life-sciences sectors. She advises on and litigates in relation to intellectual property, contractual and regulatory issues. She is an active member of the firm’s multidisciplinary Life Sciences group.

Florence has published a number of articles on selected topics in the field of IP law and is a regular speaker at seminars.

She joined NautaDutilh in 1994 and was named a partner in January 2004.

Languages

Dutch, French and English

Memberships

Member of the Brussels Bar. She is a member of several international IP associations, i.e. the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Benelux Licensing Executive Society (LES) and Benelux Merken en Modellen vereniging (BMM), and currently serves on the BBM Bulletin’s editorial board.

Education

Florence received her law degree from KU Leuven in 1992. She then studied intellectual property for one year in London and worked in the intellectual property department of Clifford Chance (London) for six months.

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

NautaDutilh is well versed in advising on IP matters in the healthcare and life sciences space, with a particular focus on trade mark issues. Practice co-head Florence Verhoestraete has a solid track record in handling unfair competition matters, licensing work, and patent disputes. Co-head Philippe Remels draws on his extensive expertise in corporate and M&A to assist with private financing rounds in the life sciences sector. Axel Maeterlinck joined the team in July 2024.

Belgium > Intellectual property

(Leading partners)

Florence VerhoestraeteNautaDutilh

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.