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Caroline Schell

Senior Associate

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Languages: Dutch (Native), English, French

Caroline joined the Belgian Company Commercial team in January 2016. She deals with various aspects of commercial law, including distribution contracts, market practices and data protection. She also has a particular interest in banking and finance.

She assists and advises domestic and international companies on various queries on (general) terms and conditions of purchase and sale, supply and services agreements; marketing B2B and B2C; different types of (financial/operating) leases; construction agreements, etc. She also assists with contract negotiation and companies’ compliance projects including privacy, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery and is available for day-to-day assistance on general commercial questions.

Her recent experience includes:

  • Review terms and conditions for international retail group;
  • Assistance in contract negotiations in the energy sector and the telecom sector;
  • Assistance on cash pooling transaction;
  • Drafting of security documentation, e.g. pledge on commodities for a Swiss bank;
  • Guidance on settlements following termination of distribution agreements;
  • Assistance of Belgian subsidiary of US Group as borrower/guarantor in £150,000,000 multi-currency revolving credit facility;
  • Setting up data protection compliance programs: audits, drafting of tailor-made-policies or notices, provision of trainings, advice on direct marketing, retention periods, camera surveillance and cybersecurity;
  • Advice on factoring agreement for company active in steel industry; 
  • Assistance of Belgian company in relation to 3-year EURIBOR-loan of EUR 10,000,000 and a total facility of EUR 18,500,000 and relevant security agreements;
  • Assistance of Belgian company entering as borrower in credit agreement of EUR 17,400,000.00 and draft of security documents;
  • Filing data breach notifications with the Belgian Data Protection Authority;
  • Day-to-day commercial advice such as on e-signatures, market abuse, marketing questions;
  • Advice on conduct of business rules (MiFID), PSD2 implementation, license requirements with the FSMA and the NBB.
  • She holds a Master in Law from the Catholic University of Leuven (2014). During her studies, Caroline spent one year at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (France) within the Erasmus program of the European Union. 
  • She also pursued an LL.M. in European and International Business Law at the University of Leiden (2015).
  • Caroline has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 2015.
    In 2018, she obtained a certificate in Banking and Finance Law from the UCLouvain, Belgium.
Caroline Schell

Senior Associate

Caroline Schell

Senior Associate

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