Strelia

Jean-Pierre Fierens is of counsel in our Dispute Resolution practice.

He specialises in corporate and contract law and is one of Belgium’s most renowned litigators, especially in arbitration.

Jean-Pierre acts on a range of domestic and international cases, covering both litigious and arbitral proceedings for clients in sectors including banking, food and insurance. He also represents state entities.

He is well-known for his roles in complex and highly mediatised disputes involving directors’ liability.

Over the last 10 years, Jean-Pierre has been appointed numerous times as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or chairman of an arbitral tribunal.

He also acts as counsel in arbitration matters. Jean-Pierre is an accredited mediator (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, London). He has acted as a mediator in a wide range of corporate and contract law-related disputes.

Dutch, French and English

Jean-Pierre was President of the Dutch-speaking Bar of Brussels from 1998 until 2000.

He was President of the Belgian section of the League of Competition Law from 2000 to 2002.

He was Chairman of the Board of the law firm Stibbe and was Head of Litigation at Stibbe’s Brussels office.

He obtained a Master of Laws from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) in 1972, a Special Licence in Economic Law from Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in 1973 and pursued the special studies in Tax Law at ICHEC Brussels Management School in 1977. He also holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from Columbia University (1980).