Dispute Resolution

Our team has a wealth of experience in both bringing and defending claims on behalf of clients before all Belgian courts and is able to handle the largest and most complex disputes faced by our clients.

Eversheds Sutherland takes an approach to handling disputes that differs from our
competitors. We are a pragmatic and relationship-orientated firm and we are helping to define what modern contentious legal advice should entail. So we work day-to-day with our clients to keep them informed, forewarned and protected. We focus on obtaining the best practical outcome for our clients. That means providing you with a strategy that will meet your goals in any given situation.

We will present you with the options available (including mediation and arbitration), offer our recommendation, then manage the case all the way down the line, adjusting the strategy to deal with changing circumstances. This project management approach has been proven to get better results for our clients and enables them to control costs and minimise the amount of time management has to spend dealing with litigation.

Main areas

Arbitration
Litigation
Mediation
Transaction

Examples of work

Handling of cases, including proceedings, in relation to the termination of distributorships, agencies and franchising for local and international clients across various sectors (retail, food, industrial engineering, automotive, construction,renewable energy, insurance, IT, medical devices etc.)
Handling of cases, including proceedings, in relation to sales and supply agreements: cross-border litigation for a supplier of food and drink containers in the aviation and railway sector with parties being involved from Israel, Belgium, China and Brazil,court proceedings for a Dutch manufacturer of electric bikes and scooters, for a Belgian installer of solar panels, for a UK-based manufacturer of industrial chains etc., arbitration for an international supplier of fire detection systems with regard to a claim for damages as a result of an alleged erroneous fire detection
Handling company related criminal law cases (acting for a Canadian client with regard to industrial espionage, for several local health care providers regarding the delivery of medical services)
Handling cases to obtain interim injunctions and injunctions in the framework of the Act Market Practices (unfair competition, IP-infringements)
Successfully defending and settling a dispute for a US-based global provider of specialized payment products with regard to the termination of a major supplier contract with the Belgian branch of an international energy conglomerate and as a result avoiding court proceedings
Assisting a US-based fashion retailer in proceedings regarding the liabilities and damages due to a fire in its premises in Belgium
Representing a sports betting provider in various proceedings against its agents and clients

Contact us

Lieven Devos, Partner

+32 2 737 93 23
E-mail Lieven Devos

Eversheds Sutherland is the name and brand under which the members of Eversheds Sutherland Limited (Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP) and their respective controlled, managed and affiliated firms and the members of Eversheds Sutherland (Europe) Limited (each an "Eversheds Sutherland Entity" and together the "Eversheds Sutherland Entities") provide legal or other services to clients around the world. Eversheds Sutherland Entities are constituted and regulated in accordance with relevant local regulatory and legal requirements and operate in accordance with their locally registered names. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland, is for description purposes only and does not imply that the Eversheds Sutherland Entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. The responsibility for the provision of services to the client is defined in the terms of engagement between the instructed firm and the client.