FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

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Our Services — Clear Guidance for Cross-Border Legal Matters

1. Cross-Border Legal Strategy
We help you navigate legal matters that involve more than one country—whether you live abroad, own international assets, or face disputes across borders. We clarify which country’s law applies and ensure your rights are protected.

2. Inheritance and Estate Planning Across Jurisdictions
If your family or property is spread across countries, we help you draft wills, manage inheritances, and plan estates in a way that complies with both EU and national laws—minimizing legal risks and tax exposure.

3. Intellectual Property and Digital Rights
We protect your ideas, designs, and trademarks. If someone misuses your brand or content—online or abroad—we can act quickly to enforce your rights, including at EUIPO and EU courts.

4. Data Protection and GDPR Compliance
We advise businesses on GDPR compliance, data sharing between countries, and digital risk. If you collect personal data, we ensure you handle it lawfully—especially when operating internationally.

5. International Commercial Contracts
We support clients in drafting and reviewing contracts across borders. We also resolve disputes, help enforce agreements, and advise on which country’s laws apply.

6. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
If you’re involved in a legal dispute—whether personal or business—we guide you through international litigation or arbitration, making sure your case is managed effectively across legal systems.

7. EU Consumer Protection
Bought a service or product across the EU and ran into issues? We help you exercise your consumer rights, especially in the travel, transport, and e-commerce sectors.

8. Financial Compliance and Transparency
We help companies comply with EU rules around financial transparency, anti-money laundering (AML), and Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) registration—balancing openness with data privacy.

9. Real Estate Law (Belgium and Spain)
Buying or selling property in Belgium or Spain? We ensure your deal is legally secure, tax-compliant, and structured correctly. We also advise on planning, co-ownership, and registration.

10. Cross-Border Family and Matrimonial Law
We help clients handle divorce, parenting rights, and family property issues when more than one country is involved—protecting your interests under EU and international family law.

11. Corporate Structuring and Cross-Border Succession
We advise on setting up companies, planning for business succession, and merging across borders—using the best legal structures allowed under EU law.

Domain I – Private International Law in a European and Comparative Context
This domain addresses the mechanisms of jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition, and enforcement in civil and commercial cross-border cases. It explores the interaction between national civil procedure and EU regulations, focusing on both contentious and non-contentious matters such as succession, family relationships, and contract enforcement.
Legal instruments: Brussels Ibis (Reg. 1215/2012), Rome I & II (Regs. 593/2008 & 864/2007), Succession Regulation (650/2012), Regs. 2016/1103 & 1104, Hague Conventions (Choice of Court, Evidence, Apostille)
Key ECJ rulings: Oberle, Ławida, Matoušková, Kubicka, T.N. and N.N.

Domain II – Transnational Wealth Law and Estate Planning
This domain focuses on the structuring, administration, and legal governance of multi-jurisdictional estates and inheritances, including succession strategies, inheritance taxation, and jurisdictional coordination under EU and national law.
Legal instruments: Succession Regulation (650/2012), Belgian Civil Code (Book 4), Spanish Código Civil, OECD Model Tax Convention, bilateral inheritance tax treaties
Key ECJ rulings: Mahnkopf, Kubicka, I.M.

Domain III – Digital Rights, EUIPO and Intellectual Property
This domain concerns the protection and cross-border enforcement of intellectual property rights, including trademarks, copyrights, and designs, particularly in relation to digital technologies and EU internal market rules. Special focus is placed on litigation before EUIPO, the General Court, and the ECJ.
Legal instruments: Berne Convention, TRIPS, Directive 2001/29/EC (Infosoc), Directive 2019/790 (DSM), Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 (EUTMR), Directive (EU) 2015/2436, Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 (Community Designs)
Key ECJ rulings: SkyKick, Holzer, Leno Merken, Pelham, YouTube, Funke Medien, Svensson, August Storck

Domain IV – Data Protection and Digital Compliance
This domain deals with GDPR compliance, data processing obligations, cross-border data transfers, and digital risk governance. Emphasis is placed on EU constitutional rights and international data transfers, including mechanisms post-Schrems II.
Legal instruments: GDPR (2016/679), ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC), Charter of Fundamental Rights (Arts. 7–8), EU–US Data Privacy Framework, proposed Data Act (2022/868)
Key ECJ rulings: Schrems II, Wirtschaftsakademie, Google Spain, Facebook Ireland

Domain V – International Commercial Transactions and Contract Law
Covers the legal design and enforcement of cross-border agreements, including choice-of-law issues, international sales, and contractual dispute mechanisms under both EU and international instruments.
Legal instruments: Rome I Regulation, Brussels Ibis, CISG, UNIDROIT Principles
Key ECJ rulings: Powell Duffryn, Castelletti, HNA Group

Domain VI – Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration
Focuses on cross-border litigation and arbitration, including enforcement of arbitral awards, jurisdictional conflicts, and institutional arbitration rules (CEPANI, ICC).
Legal instruments: New York Convention (1958), UNCITRAL Model Law, Brussels Ibis (interface), Belgian Judicial Code (Book VI), CEPANI Arbitration Rules
Key ECJ rulings: Gazprom, Allianz, CDU Frankfurt

Domain VII – European Consumer Protection in Regulated Services
This domain includes consumer law in cross-border service sectors, particularly the travel industry, with emphasis on refund rights, cancellations, and EU-wide ADR and ODR frameworks.
Legal instruments: Package Travel Directive (2015/2302), Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU), UCPD (2005/29/EC), ODR Regulation (EU) 524/2013
Key ECJ rulings: Airhelp, D.Z. v Blue Air, Fraport

Domain VIII – Financial Compliance, UBO Transparency and Anti-Fraud
Addresses AML obligations, UBO registration, and financial crime prevention, including tensions between transparency and privacy under EU law.
Legal instruments: AML Directives IV–V, Belgian UBO Act (2017), PSD2 Directive (2015/2366), EU Sanctions Frameworks, FATF/EBA guidance
Key ECJ rulings: Luxembourg Business Registers, Sovim, HSBC France

Domain IX – Real Estate Law in Comparative Perspective (Belgium and Spain)
Examines real property transactions, co-ownership, urban planning, and regulatory compliance in Belgium and Spain, including EU rules on cross-border real estate investments.
Legal instruments: Belgian Civil Code (Book 3), Vlaamse Codex RO, Spanish Código Civil, Ley del Suelo, Mortgage Credit Directive (2014/17/EU)
Key ECJ rulings: Ville de Nivelles, Eturas, Lexitor

Domain X – Comparative Family and Matrimonial Law
Covers international divorce, matrimonial property, legal parenthood, and the private international law aspects of family structures across Member States.
Legal instruments: Regulation (EU) 2016/1103, Brussels II bis (2201/2003), Brussels II ter (2019/1111), Hague Conventions (1980, 1996, 2007)
Key ECJ rulings: IB v FA, ZA v YB, Valcheva v Babanarakis

Domain XI – Corporate Structuring, Mergers & Estate Planning
This domain focuses on corporate vehicles for estate planning, cross-border mergers, and business succession, aligned with EU freedom of establishment and corporate mobility.
Legal instruments: WVV (Belgium), SE Regulation (2157/2001), Cross-Border Mergers Directive (recast 2019/2121), OECD BEPS Framework
Key ECJ rulings: Polbud, Cartesio, SEVIC Systems

Legal-Theoretical Orientation
Our integrated profile rests on doctrinal legal reasoning, functional comparative law, and a commitment to the constitutional and institutional evolution of EU private law. It engages with how legal certainty, proportionality, and enforceability are operationalised in multi-jurisdictional settings—and how recent ECJ rulings continue to shape cross-border legal interpretation.