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

Combining ‘clear strategy with human touch and excellent communication’, the practice at Lydian has comprehensive expertise across all aspects of dispute resolution, spanning court proceedings, mediation, and arbitration. Distribution disputes, insurance litigation, and transport-related litigation are all strengths of the team. Leading the team from the Hasselt office are the ‘responsive and efficient’ Hugo Keulers and ‘very experienced’ Jo Willems. In Antwerp, Yves Lenders leads the team alongside Brussels-based Sandra Lodewijckx and Bastiaan Bruyndonckx.

Lydian is ‘simply the firm of reference for Belgian insurance law’, boasting ‘very specialised knowledge’. The practice works for a wide range of leading insurers and corporates, advising on reinsurance, corporate insurance, and life and non life insurance, often on high-profile or complex cases. Leading the team is Hugo Keulers, commended for being a ‘vessel of knowledge’, with commercial and dispute resolution expertise complementing his insurance practice. Also at leadership level is Sandra Lodewijckx, a ‘dynamic lawyer with an excellent knowledge of the insurance sector’. Together, the pair ‘represent the insurance encyclopedia’. Noted members of the team include the ‘highly knowledgeable and approachable’ Jo Willems, and ‘great lawyer’ Héloïse Fostier.