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.
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