Corporate :
Nominés
Altius
Clifford Chance LLP
CMS DeBacker
DLA Piper
Jones Day
Linklaters LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Nauta Dutilh
Award attribué à :
DLA Piper
Reasons:
• Has raised substantially its corporate profile in 2008 to come to the top
• Continuous growth on the Belgian corporate market
• Interesting cooperation with its international network
Banking & Finance:
Nominés
Altius
Ashurst LLP
Clifford Chance LLP
Linklaters LLP
Modrikamen
Nauta Dutilh
Award attribué à :
Linklaters LLP
Reasons:
• Proven track record and excellence in all major banking & finance deals this year
• Well presented memo
• Unmatchable competences
Competition & anti• trust:
Nominés
Ashurst LLP
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Herbert Smith Gleiss Lutz stibbe
Hogan & Hartson
Linklaters LLP
Mayer Brown International LLP
Olswang
Award attribué à :
Linklaters LLP
Reasons:
• Very strong interaction between corporate/M&A and competition team
• Quality of the files handled
• Very flexible team
• Continuity in providing quality
Tax:
Nominés
Association Afschrift
Clifford Chance LLP
Cruyplants Eloy Wagemans & Partners
De Wolf & Partners
Forestini
Jones Day
Linklaters LLP
Monard• d'Hulst
Award attribué à :
Clifford Chance LLP
Reasons:
• Tax practice effectively structured, pluralist and multidisciplinary team
• Customized solutions offered to clients
• Very sharp and precise analysis
• Able to assess the full complexity and range of tax matters
Employment:
Nominés
CMS DeBacker
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
Linklaters LLP
Nauta Dutilh
Stibbe
Award attribué à :
Stibbe
Reasons:
• Has another record year in 2008
• Extremely innovative and product approach
• Important growth with one of the largest team in Belgium
• Seminars and vocational training provided to clients
Real Estate & Construction:
Nominés
Clifford Chance LLP
DLA Piper
Elegis
Linklaters LLP
Nauta Dutilh
Stibbe
Verhaegen Walravens
Award attribué à :
Nauta Dutilh
Reasons:
• Has successfully managed interesting projects on 2008
• Team combining both experience and innovation
• Consistency and continuity
Regulatory:
Nominés
CMS DeBacker
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown International LLP
Monard• d'Hulst
Nauta Dutilh
Olswang
Philippe & Partners
Publius
Stibbe
Award attribué à :
Nauta Dutilh
Reasons:
• Impressive list of deals achieved in 2008
• Good balance national & international
• Excellent academic profile
• Variety of economic sectors served
IP, IT & TMT:
Nominés
Altius
Bird & Bird
De Wolf & Partners
DLA Piper
Gibson, Dunn, Crutcher LLP
Jones Day
Linklaters LLP
Mc Guire Woods LLP
Nauta Dutilh
Olswang
Stibbe
Ulys
Award attribué à :
Altius
Reasons:
• to the point; no nonsense approach
• high demonstrated expertise in the field
• important team dedicated to the issue
Litigation & Arbitration:
Nominés
Linklaters LLP
Modrikamen
Philippe & Partners
Praxislaw
Racine & Vergels Advocaten
Stibbe
Van Cutsem Wittamer Marnef & Partners
Verhaegen Walravens
WTT Law firm
Award attribué à :
Linklaters LLP
Reasons:
• Active before all level of courts with success this year
• Good combination between a business law firm and a litigation firm
• Has raised its arbitration and litigation profile in 2008
• Capacity to work under strong pressure
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Belgian Firm of the year 2009:
Nominés
Altius
CMS DeBacker
De Wolf & Partners
DLA Piper
Linklaters LLP
Monard• d'Hulst
Modrikamen
Philippe & Partners
Stibbe
Award attribué à :
Philippe & Partners
Reasons:
• « Fine art in Legal Practice » is a good résumé of Philippe & Partners
• Outstanding 2008 year after the merger of 2007. Turnover increased by 40% in 2008
• High quality legal services in all major legal disciplines
• Strong collaboration with the academic community, combined with a down to earth solution
driven approach
• Lawyers equally devoted to consultancy, transactional work and litigation, with a strong
interest in alternative dispute resolutions, mediation and arbitration
• Presence in the City through membership in professional association, service to the
community, to the University and to the Bar
• Innovation and new services: development of outsourcing to legal departments, assistance
with innovative products (wind energy PPP’s, green certificates, micro• credits, etc.
• Independent, pluralistic Belgian• Luxemburg firm, with international approach through
international legal networks
• Excellent co• operation with in house counsels
• Strong ideas about previsibility of fees for clients, especially in these times of economic
turmoil
• Engagement for a greener society : use of electric car
Regional Firm (Flanders):
Nominés
A• Law advocaten
Ambos
Belexa
LDR
Award attribué à :
LDR
Reasons:
• Has not “slept in” after last year award, very innovative
• Very focused on a niche that has become particularly important to companies and citizen
• Excellent technicality
Regional firm (Wallonia):
Nominés
Bours & Associés
Célès
Elegis
Firket Brandenberg Carhay Pichault & Associés
Henry & Mersch
Award attribué à :
Henry & Mersch
Reasons:
• Has worked with success on its consolidation in 2008
• Important growth
• Excellent academic profile
• Multi• specialist approach
Us firm in Brussels:
Nominés
Hogan & Hartson
Jones Day
Mayer Brown International LLP
Mc Guire Woods LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Award attribué à :
Hogan & Hartson
Reasons:
• Managed to create a substantial hub in Brussels with a good growth
• Multicompetency team
• Investment in the local community and long• term investment of this firm in Brussels
Managing Partner:
Nominés
Altius • Carine Van Regenmortel
Ashurst LLP • Carl Meyntjens
CMS DeBacker • Stanislas van Wassenhove
DLA Piper • Bob Martens
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP • Eric Cusas
Jones Day • Howard Liebman
Linklaters LLP • Jean• Pierre Blumberg
Mayer Brown International LLP • Kiran Desai
Philippe & Partners • Denis Philippe
Stibbe • Olivier Clevenbergh
Award attribué à :
Olivier Clevenbergh (Stibbe)
Reasons:
• Effective leadership combined with team spirit
• Consensus minded although achiever
• Has helped bring back his firm to the top and demonstrated he had the capacity to further
improve, consolidate and grow his organisation
Best firm to work for:
Nominés
Altius
Ashurst LLP
Association Afschrift
CMS DeBacker
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Mc Guire Woods LLP
Nauta Dutilh
Stibbe
Verhaegen Walravens
Award attribué à :
CMS DeBacker
Reasons:
• Kept an excellent working atmosphere although steady growth and merge
• Professional back office and HR function
• Clear values for career path, vocational training, internal communication
• Associates involved in Business development
Most innovative Legal Department:
Nominés
Atos Worldline
Avaya
Goodyear Dunlop
Saralee
SD Worx
Sioen Industries nv
Vlaamse Media Maatschappij
Award attribué à :
Vlaamse Media Maatschappij
Reasons:
• Extremely well professionalized although small team
• Narrow the gap between legal counsel and the customer
• Invest time and effort in internal and external communication to make sure that the customer
knows and understands their competencies.
• Prove their leadership skills, marketing and HR skills by a set of different and very innovative
tools.
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