Mr Jo Willems > Lydian > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

The ‘outstanding, results-driven’ practice at Lydian runs the insurance gamut with the team’s far-reaching expertise covering issues including claims and disputes, insurance product distribution, corporate insurance and ESG work. The unit has also increasingly acting as lead counsel in cases involving international losses. Hugo Keulers co-chairs the practice and is praised for his ‘energy, in-depth insurance knowledge, international network and entrepreneurship’. Fellow practice co-chair Sandra Lodewijckx is an expert in insurance distribution and is praised for her ability to ‘stay on top of new developments‘, while Jo Willems is well positioned to handle strategically important disputes for national and international insurance clients. Marijn De Ruysscher is geared to assist with technical CAR-insurance and liability insurance mandates.

Lydian‘s litigation practice is well-versed in complex litigation, with expertise spanning the whole gamut of commercial and banking litigation work. The team is commended for its ‘regional focus which allows it to know the courts very well and consequently act efficiently’; it acts in leading cases across all industries, with particular knowledge of product and professional liability, unfair competition, and intellectual property work. The ‘very experienced‘ Hugo Keulers leads the team, with particular experience in reinsurance and insurance litigation. Yves Lenders is also key to the practice, with a focus on insolvency cases, and Jo Willems is praised by clients as ‘experienced and always on point‘.