Brussels · Luxembourg · Amsterdam · Milan · Málaga
Cross-border legal expertise, delivered properly
We are experienced European lawyers advising businesses and private clients on matters that cross borders — from company acquisitions and employment restructuring to international families, property and data protection. One firm, five jurisdictions, six working languages.
Emails reach a lawyer, not an inbox queue, and are answered the same working day. Initial consultations are fixed fee and waived if we go on to act for you.
-28 years
in practice since 1998
5 offices
Brussels, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Milan, Málaga
6 languages
EN · FR · DE · NL · IT · ES
5 bars
Brussels · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Milan · Málaga
What we do
Eight practice areas, one point of contact
Each area is led by a partner who practises in it daily. Where a matter spans several — as a business sale with employment and property elements will — the work is coordinated internally rather than handed around.
Why clients instruct us
A firm built for matters that do not stay in one country
Established in Brussels in 1998 by two lawyers who were tired of watching cross-border files passed between offices that never spoke to each other.
Genuinely cross-border, not a referral network
Five offices, five bars, one file. When a matter touches Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain, the lawyers involved sit in the same firm and share the same client record — so nobody is billing you to be brought up to speed.
Partner-led from the first call
The lawyer you speak to at the outset stays responsible for your matter. Work is delegated where it is sensible to do so, but the person who knows your file will be the one who answers when you call.
Fees explained before work starts
A written engagement letter with rates, an estimate and any agreed cap or fixed fee. If the scope changes, we tell you before the cost does.
Six working languages
English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish across the firm. Your counterparty, your court and your staff can each be dealt with in their own language without a translation layer in between.
Regulated in five jurisdictions
Admitted to the Brussels, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Milan and Málaga bars, with professional indemnity cover of €10 million per claim and a published complaints procedure.
Twenty-eight years of institutional memory
Established in 1998, with clients who have been with us for two decades. We have seen how the documents we draft behave a long time after signature.
How it works
Three steps, no forms to fill in
We have deliberately left enquiry forms off this website. A five-minute conversation tells us more about your situation than any set of boxes, and it lets us tell you straight away whether we can help.
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Get in touch
Send a short email. Tell us broadly what has happened and any deadline you are aware of. A lawyer responds the same working day and will say immediately if the matter is urgent or if we are not the right firm for it.
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Initial consultation
We meet in person or by video for up to forty-five minutes, review whatever documents you have, and set out your options with a realistic view of outcomes, timing and cost. You leave with a written summary and a fee proposal, and no obligation to go further.
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We handle your case
Once you confirm, an engagement letter is issued and the named lawyer takes the matter forward — filings, negotiation, correspondence and hearings. You are updated at agreed intervals and told at once if anything material changes.
In our clients' words
Twenty-eight years of relationships, not transactions
We acquired a Belgian competitor with subsidiaries in three countries and expected the usual chaos of four law firms. Marcel's team ran the whole thing, including the works council consultation, and told us what mattered rather than sending us reports.
My separation involved two countries and a child, and I was not coping well. Alan explained what would happen in an order I could follow, and he never once made me feel like a nuisance for asking again.
A supplier stopped delivering mid-contract. Alessandro secured an attachment within a fortnight, which is the only reason we were paid at all. His first assessment of what the claim was worth turned out to be almost exactly right.
We move engineers between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany constantly. Sander's team gives us dates and document lists instead of caveats, which is what an HR department actually needs.
Client comments are published with consent. Some names are withheld at the client's request, as professional secrecy requires.
Common questions
Before you call
The questions we are asked most often, answered properly. If yours is not here, ask us directly — we would rather have the conversation.
Tell us what has happened. We will tell you where you stand.
Write to us and a lawyer will reply the same working day. If your matter is urgent — a deadline, an attachment, a child taken abroad — say so in the first line and it will be treated accordingly.