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SPECIALISMS

  • Corporate: The law firm of the year active in the corporate law sector in Belgium.
  • Bank & Finance: The law firm of the year active in Banking law and/or Finance law sector in Belgium.
  • Competition & Anti-Trust: The law firm of the year active in the competition law and Ant-Trust sector in Belgium.
  • Tax: The law firm of the year active in the Tax law sector in Belgium.
  • Employment : The law firm of the year active in the Employment law sector in Belgium.
  • Real Estate & Construction: The law firm of the year active in the Real Estate law and/or the Construction law sector in Belgium.
  • Administrative & Environment : The law firm of the year active in the Administrative and Environmental law sector in Belgium.
  • Intellectual Property: The law firm of the year active in Intellectual Property Law in Belgium.
  • TMT Technology, Media & Telecommunication: The law firm of the year active in the Technology, Media & Telecommunication law sector in Belgium.
  • Insurance: The law firm of the year active in Insurance law in Belgium.
  • ADR & Arbitration: The law firm of the year active in Alternative Dispute Resolution and/or Arbitration in Belgium.

OVERALL

  • Belgian Firm: The law firm of the year having an office on the Belgian territory, including offices, branches or firms members of a national or international network.
  • Regional Firm Flanders: The law firm of the year having its head office or main seat in Flemish Region, with the exclusion of Brussels. The jury will recognize outstanding performance within the specific regional market.
  • Regional Firm Wallonia: The law firm of the year having its head office or main seat in the Walloon Region. The jury will recognize outstanding performance within the specific regional market.
  • US Law Firm in Brussels: law firm of the year having the bulk of their lawyers based in the United States. The winner will have shown significant progress in building a presence in Brussels. The jury will look both at the ability to develop a European hub and a presence on the local market. Judges will look at key transactions during the year, success in recruitment both in terms of recent additions and integration of foreign lawyers in the US firm.
  • Managing Partner: The managing partner of a law firm in Belgium who has showed best leadership, brought major new ideas and initiatives, achieved solid positioning for his/her firm/department, strong ability to communicate. Although we will take a long view, their performance over the course of the last 12 months will strengthen their nomination.
  • Legal Employer: The winner will be the best law firm to work for. The law firm having an office on the Belgian territory, including offices, branches or firms members of a national or international network which has conducted the best partnership/employment policy.
  • Erna Van Hoof Award: Click here for more information.
IN-HOUSE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS
  • Prominent transaction: This prize rewards a legal department which or a company lawyer who has made a major contribution to the successful closing of a major transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, ipo, mbo, spin-off, social restructuring, grant of an important patent, etc.
  • Prominent contribution to the profession of company lawyers: This prize rewards a legal department which or an individual company lawyer who has contributed to the recognition of the profession of company lawyer through the publication of a legal article, the creation of an innovative service, the contribution to important legislation or civil or corporate projects, etc.
  • Prominent legal department: This prize rewards a legal department which has contributed to the awareness within its company or group of companies of important legal matters or compliance with law.