Offices: Brussels, Belgium

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

McGuireWoods' skilled lawyers handle litigation before regular and administrative courts as well as arbitration matters across the range of practice areas of the Brussels office, dealing with general commercial and specialist cases. We also assist our clients to resolve their disputes through alternative dispute resolution methods. Our primary aim is to help our clients by focusing on their commercial objectives and by selecting the approach for each case which will achieve the most commercially-advantageous solution. Our strengths are our abilities to work across all practice areas and to offer strategic assistance.

Representative matters McGuireWoods’ Brussels office:

• a Belgian producer and reseller of potato seeds and plants for the production of French fries, in a multi-party products liability litigation relating to the contamination of the potatoes by a bacteria, involving potato producers, seed sellers, potato buyers and sellers, an insurance company, and public authorities
• a Belgian operator of entertainment parks litigation issues involving contractual matters and defence against judicial and administrative actions of neighbours
• a leading UK based casino operator in a number of litigation matters involving disputes concerning the interpretation of the legislation and regulations on operation of electronic gaming machines and the enforcement of gaming fraud
• an international UK based gambling operator in Belgium and France in a dozen litigation matters opposing the client to sportsmen, sport teams and national sports federations in relation to the use of the name, trademark and image of the aforementioned for the organization of betting activities