Wij hebben een zeer ruime expertise op het vlak van aansprakelijkheids- en verzekeringsrecht. Onze cliënten zijn zowel ondernemingen, verzekeringsmaatschappijen als particulieren. Wij helpen hen bij het voeren van geschillen en met het verlenen van advies.

Onze praktijk inzake aansprakelijkheidsrecht en verzekeringsrecht betreft alle mogelijke vormen van aansprakelijkheid (contractueel, buitencontractueel en strafrechtelijk) en tal van sectoren (accountants, banken, bedrijfsrevisoren, bouwondernemingen en projectontwikkelaars, chemie, consultants, staal, telecom, etc.). 

Specifiek voor de medische sector en het gezondheidsrecht staan wij zorgverleners en zorginstellingen bij in burgerlijke en strafrechtelijke procedures die betrekking hebben op het (para)medisch handelen of het gebruik van medisch materiaal.

Inzake verzekeringen omvat onze praktijk onder meer advies en betwistingen inzake bedrijfsschade, beroepsaansprakelijkheid, bestuurdersaansprakelijkheid (D&O), bouwplaatsrisico’s (ABR), burgerlijke aansprakelijkheid, productaansprakelijkheid en product recalls en zaakschade.

Enkele voorbeelden: 

  • assisting audit, consulting, tax and advisory service providers in liability cases, including advising them on white-collar crime aspects;
  • assisting a US commercial property casualty insurance company in relation to an industrial fire;
  • assisting a financial institution in a class action avant la lettre relating to the sale of financial products by its independent agents following the financial crisis;
  • assisting an insurer in a case on director’s liability following the bankruptcy of a coal trader in the port of Antwerp;
  • assisting the sellers of an entity, which is the Belgian market leader in gaming and sports betting, in a post-acquisition dispute;
  • advising two leading insurance companies, at their joint request, on the interpretation of conflicting provisions in a global master policy and in a local policy relating to the professional liability of a bank;
  • assisting a medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company in civil and criminal law matters, including product liability matters and disputes following the termination of exclusive distributorship agreements;
  • defending a major Belgian insurance company on alleged misselling of life insurance contracts in a class action type litigation;
  • assisting a manufacturer of automotive parts, electronics and HVAC equipment in its defence against an indemnification action brought by a chemical producer on grounds of alleged defects in a refrigeration unit that broke down and necessitated the shutting down of a part of a chemical plant;
  • advising the Luxembourg federation of insurance companies on whether its proposed amendment modification to Luxembourg insurance law complies with EU law;
  • defending a global materials technology and recycling group and its insurer in a product liability matter that gave rise to proceedings in Belgium, USA, France, and Germany;
  • defending a European construction group in a case relating to the construction of an oil refinery at the Antwerp port area, and this case was governed by Spanish law and subject to ICC arbitration in London;
  • assisting a credit insurance company in arbitration proceedings on the validity of a set of contracts following the unwinding of a chartering company;
  • assisting the subrogated insurance company in the recovery of indemnities paid following a fire at meatpacking facilities.