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Belgium > Insurance Tier 2

Philippe & Partners advises insurers, financial institutions, and intermediaries, including national and international names, on a wide range of issues, including data protection and wider corporate governance issues, regulatory issues, and product distribution, alongside representing in contentious proceedings and litigation. Of note is the firm’s cross-border expertise, particularly relating to Luxembourg-domiciled work, and its expertise in regulatory developments including the IDD and GDPR considerations relating to health insurance. The practice is led by Pierre Moreau , who advises on the full range of domestic and cross-border insurance issues, and Marc Gouden, who handles both advisory work and litigation for a number of insurance industry clients.

Belgium > Dispute resolution Tier 3

Steered by the highly experienced international arbitrator Denis Philippe, Philippe & Partners works with some of the most high-profile corporations and public sector bodies on civil and commercial contentious proceedings, including cross-border disputes and anti-trust damages actions. Marc Gouden’s broad practice encompasses international contract law and tort law disputes, most notably for clients in the insurance and energy sectors. Pierre Moreau – who divides his time between Brussels, Mons, and Luxembourg – possesses far-reaching expertise in insurance proceedings, with recent highlights including precedent-setting policy disputes taken before the Court of Appeal. In addition to heading up the firm’s Dutch-speaking desk, counsel Tom Van Noyen represents a broad array of clients – ranging from banks to trade blocs – in high-profile cases. All named lawyers are based between Brussels and Luxembourg, unless noted otherwise.

Belgium > Industry focus: Energy Tier 3

Working across multiple sites throughout the Benelux region, Philippe & Partners is ideally positioned to advise a host of pan-European operators and governing bodies on the full scope of energy sector matters, ranging from transition initiatives to high-profile criminal proceedings. Practice chair Denis Philippe is a highly experienced tort law specialist, who is routinely sought out by private and public sector entities for his deep expertise in regulatory and contentious matters. Counsel Tom Van Noyen specialises in contracts and liability litigation, working with some of the largest operators in the European market, while the Liege-based Mathieu Clément de Cléty  is a public law specialist who regularly handles energy-related cases before the Council of State and the Constitutional Court. All named lawyers are based in Brussels unless stated otherwise.

Luxembourg > Insurance

Offering strong regional expertise and a broad knowledge of the insurance space, Philippe & Partners advises insurers, intermediaries, and financial services providers on the creation and release of new products, internal regulatory and compliance issues, and wider corporate issues, including insurance sector mergers, disputes, and corporate governance issues. The team is led by Marc Gouden, an experienced practitioner whose contentious and non-contentious insurance expertise includes specialist knowledge of life insurance, cross-border insurance matters, and distribution issues, alongside Pierre Moreau . The team divides its time between Luxembourg and Belgium.