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The firm: Founded in 1950, the firm has continually grown sustainably through uncompromising quality and dedication. With offices in Brussels and Antwerp, Scale offers customised multidisciplinary and multilingual legal services to clients in the business world as an independent Belgian law firm. Its teams of specialists cover the main legal areas that are important for companies, with a strong focus on business law and on construction and real estate law. The lawyers at Scale are knowledgeable, hands-on, pragmatic and solution-oriented. Scale is known for its determined pursuit of the best solution, achieved through an attitude for creative and customised thinking.

Four overarching domains bring together the disciplines in which we are active: construction and real estate, business, public and social.

Construction and real estate law: As a leading player on the Belgian market in this field, Scale has a vast knowledge and experience in assisting clients in all aspects of construction law, property related transactions and project development, both in an advisory role as in litigious matters. The team also frequently deals with international construction contracts, including FIDIC and NEC.

Business: Scale provides high quality legal assistance on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on corporate and M&A/private equity, corporate dispute resolution, distribution law, insolvency; compliance & trade and market practices.

Public procurement law and PPP:  Scale assists clients in relation to PPP agreements (public private partnership) and public procurement contracts for works, supplies or services. It is a major player in these fields, with a particular deep expertise regarding complex public infrastructure works.

Social: Scale assists clients with various aspects of individual and collective employment law, as well as social security law, accompaniment of social inspections, social obligations in construction and government personnel.