Mr Stefan Deswert > Osborne Clarke > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Osborne Clarke
Marsveldplein 5
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Work Department

Commercial-litigation

Position

Partner, Belgium

Stefan specialises in distribution, retail, logistics, infrastructure and real estate. He has an in-depth knowledge of contract law, in particular e-contracts and commercial contracts. His practice covers a wide range of local and cross-border litigation issues, as well as arbitration.

Career

Stefan is one of the founding Partners of Osborne Clarke Belgium. Before then, he worked in a large Belgian law firm.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, Swedish

Education

Master’s degree in Economic and Financial Law from the V.U.B. – Free University of Brussels

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Osborne Clarke focuses on providing advice to clients in the life sciences, TMT, and retail sectors, with a capacity for handling a wide array of corporate governance, transactional, and commercial matters. David Haex is very active on mid-market M&A and venture capital transactions, while Stefan Deswert assists with a wide array of commercial agreements as well as carve-out matters with IP elements. Hadrien Chef, who stands out for providing corporate advice to biotech and medtech clients, is also highly recommended.

Belgium > Dispute resolution

The disputes practice at Osborne Clarke is ‘responsive, agile and proactive‘, and covers high-value matters across corporate and commercial litigation. Shareholder, post M&A, distribution, and product liability disputes are all mainstays of the work of the team, and the group notably acts for leading tech clients and major retail companies. Mediation and arbitration proceedings are also key strengths of the practice, with Marie Canivet regularly sitting as an arbitrator. Stefan Deswert leads the team, which is ‘knowledgeable and flexible in its approach‘.