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Bénédicte Raevens
Partner 
rue des Colonies 56 (bte 3)
braevens@mcguirewoods.com1000 Brussels, Belgium F: + 32 (0)2 629 42 22    |
Ms. Raevens focuses on commercial and contract law, European Union law (i.e., personal data protection, free movement of goods, regulatory issues), and litigation. She holds a law degree from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) where she was also an assistant on the faculty of law. She also holds a special degree in tax law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. She is a member of the Editing Committee of the Journal de droit européen. She is fluent in French, Dutch and English
- Monthly Reports on European Case Law, Journal de droit européen (formerly Journal des Tribunaux droit européen, Brussels, Since 1995)
- "Le règlement 764/2008: vers une consolidation de la reconnaissance mutuelle des produits," Journal de droit européen, p. 131, May 2009
- "EU-Free Movement of Goods: New Regulation to Improve Mutual Recognition Principle Enforcement," EuroWatch, October 31, 2008
- International Agency and Distribution Agreements, New Chapter Relating to Belgium (co-authored with Gilles Carbonez), General Editors Thomas F. Clasen and Joseph E. Puchner, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. (LexisNexis Group Member), May 2008
- "The conflict between U.S. confidential whistle blowing requirements and EU / Belgian Privacy and Data Protection Legislation: a Cultural and Legal Clash" (co-authored with Eva De Walsche), The American Lawyer, October 2007
- "Quand la dénonciation s'organise", interview on whistle blowing schemes (together with partners Hubert André-Dumont and Eva De Walsche) published on 29 September 2007 by the Belgian economic and financial newspaper L'Echo
- Legal Briefs: Supply Management's Legal Issues, "Personal Data Transfers" (Co-authored with Kevin Pomfret), Inside Supply Management, March 2006
- "Le marquage CE, gage de qualité et de sécurité," La Libre Belgique, July 2, 2001
- Assistant, Faculty of Law, Catholic University, Louvain, Belgium, 1994-2001
- "Privacy: It's nothing personal. A data protection update on surveillance, monitoring, e-discovery and security issues," McGuireWoods and French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain, November 23, 2011
- Union internationale des Avocats / International Association of Lawyers
- European Privacy Association
- French
- Dutch
- English
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EDUCATION Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Spec. Degree in Tax Law, 1996 Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium, Lic. Jur., magna cum laude, 1994 ADMITTED Brussels (French) 1995 |