A W A R D C A T E
G O R I E S
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Corporate:
The law firm of the year active in the corporate
law sector in Belgium.
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Bank & Finance:
The law firm of the year active
in Banking law and/or Finance law sector in Belgium.
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Competition & Anti-Trust:
The law firm of the year active in the competition
law and Ant-Trust
sector in Belgium.
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Tax:
The law firm of the year active
in the Tax law sector in Belgium.
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Employment :
The law firm of the year active in the Employment
law sector in Belgium.
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Real
Estate & Construction: The
law firm of the year active
in the Real Estate law and/or the Construction
law sector in Belgium.
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Regulatory :
The law firm of the year active in the Regulatory sector.
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IP & IT :
The law firm of the year active in Intellectual Property and in the Technology, Media & Telecommunication law sector in Belgium.
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Litigation & Arbitration :
The law firm of the year active in Alternative Dispute Resolution and/or Arbitration in Belgium.
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International Trade :
The law firm of the year active in the international trade sector.
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.
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Best firm to work for:
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.
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.
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Most innovative 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.
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