The transport and infrastructure practice at Liedekerke acts on complex matters across aviation, maritime, and railway sectors. The firm assists a broad client base of domestic and foreign airlines, aircraft operators, insurers, and a raft of companies across the shipping and rail sectors. Jean Pierre Kesteloot leads the practice, with a focus on aviation, shipping, and railway work. Kesteloot is joined at leadership level with Olivier Vanden Berghe.
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Key clients
- Brussels Airlines
- SNCB
- LM Belgium
- Uber
- Iberia
- Vale Canada
- TotalEnergies
- DHL
- Amazon Transport Belgium
Work highlights
- Representing Iberia in court in relation to a claim by a travel agent regarding the recovery of compensations the travel agent paid out to customers over various years as a result of different flight incidents on Iberia flights (delays, cancellations and downgrades).
- Assisting Brussels Airlines in legal proceedings before the French-speaking Enterprise Court of Brussels against its former component support service provider, Sabena Aerospace Engineering, as a consequence of the contract termination amidst the C0vid-19 crisis.
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Practice head
Jean Pierre Kesteloot; Olivier Vanden Berghe