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15 Mar

Chambers and Partners Europe 2024 rankings

Chambers and Partners Europe again ranks all practice areas of contrast, including a top ranking in band 1 for 'Competition Belgium' for the 12th consecutive year and this as only law firm in the ranking.✨

Congratulations to our corporate partner Bart Bellen and our competition partner Filip Tuytschaever for being ranked for the 12th time. A shout out also to our competition partner Herlinde Burez, who is one of the 5 female partners to be included in the competition ranking.

Thank you to all our clients, peers and team members for their warm recommendations.🙌 It is fantastic that our team and expertise are being recognised.

Read the quotes from Chambers on our website!

#ChambersEurope #contrasttalent #contrastlaw

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08 Mar

International Women's Day 2024

Today, we celebrate International Women’s Day at contrast! We are particularly proud of the energetic, ambitious and smart women with whom we work closely together, as associates in the firm, as clients, as peers and as students.

Every year, on this special day, we support a charity dedicated to women, or families in general. We realise this day is important to embrace equality between everyone.

Today contrast is pleased to announce that we have donated to the wonderful initiative 'Brooddoosnodig' from the nonprofit organisation Enchanté

A healthy meal is crucial to get through your day. This is true for everyone, and certainly for children and young people! After all, learning, playing and concentrating is difficult with an empty stomach. Yet a well-filled lunch box is not a given for everyone. 

Brooddoosnodig provides a healthy meal for every child. With our donation we would like to increase the equality between students and improve their chances later in life.

Also interested in Brooddoosnodig? Follow the link to their website for more information and donate 👉 https://enchantevzw.be/nl/brooddoosnodig/

#lawfirm #womeninlaw #internationalwomensday #internationalwomensday2024 #iwd #charity #brooddoosnodig

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07 Mar

Knipperlichten: it's a wrap!

Ons jaarlijkse seminarie Knipperlichten is afgelopen! En wat een editie 🤩 Bedankt aan alle deelnemers die online en offline hebben gevolgd.
 
Alle sprekers en hun verhelderende bijdragen mogen zeker niet worden vergeten! Bedankt aan prof. dr. Thijs Tanghe en prof. dr. Ignace Claeys van Eubelius, Yne Machiels van Reliance en alle contrasters Milena Varga, Stefanie Colaers, Kristof De Wael, Laurence Vanhyfte, Mathieu Vancaillie en Karlien De Ryck voor hun zeer interessante input 🙌
 
Ook dank aan onze competition partner Herlinde Burez om als voorzitter alles in goede banen te leiden.
 
Het seminarie gemist? Herbekijk het als webinar hier!
 
#contrastseminars #seminars #mededingingsrecht #vennootschapsrecht #handelsrecht #arbeidsrecht #aansprakelijkheidsrecht

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06 Mar

KDG and AP Hoge school jobfair

Come and find us at the Karel de Grote Hogeschool & AP Hogeschool Antwerpen jobfair today! We have snacks and drinks 🍹

Can’t meet us today? We will also attend the following events this month:

📍 14th March @ UCLL Alumni Rechtspraktijk Career Day
📍 26th March @ ELSA Brussels Career Day

See you there? 👀

#contraststudents #paralegals #HR #marketing #administrativejobs #lawfirm #jobfair #KDG #AP #UCLL #VUB

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06 Mar

Student workshop: contract drafting

KU Leuven law students 📣 Ken je de theorie, maar leer je graag eens vanuit de praktijk?

Onze commercial partner Milena Varga en counsel Laurence Vanhyfte adviseren en onderhandelen dagdagelijks over verschillende commerciële contracten in alle sectoren en over het volledige bedrijfsspectrum, waaronder verkoop, levering, onderaanneming, agentuur, distributie, licenties, huur, leningen, ...

Tijdens deze interactieve workshop leren ze je graag de kneepjes van het vak:
- hoe een contract best wordt opgebouwd,
- welke clausules daarbij je aandacht verdienen,
- hoe je artikelen het best vormgeeft, en
- hoe je deze eventueel kan aanpassen in functie van je onderhandelingspositie.

Interesse? Schrijf je dan snel in via onze website!

Samen met ELSA Leuven zien we ernaar uit om jullie te ontmoeten!

#lawstudent #rechtenstudent #contraststudentcorner #commercial #contractdrafting #studentworkshops

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05 Mar

Promotions

We are proud to announce the promotion of Stefanie Colaers and Laurence Vanhyfte as counsel and Evi Noël as paralegal-counsel 🎉.
 
Stefanie has been a lawyer in our competition law team since 2014. She has a broad experience in EU and competition law, in particular focusing on horizontal and vertical agreements. She is also a driving force of our competition compliance program and trainings and our Distribution Law Center.
 
Laurence has been with contrast since 2015. Several in-house assignments revealed Laurence’s strength as a commercial lawyer. Today, she is an experienced commercial lawyer, with a keen interest in privacy and data protection.
 
Evi joined our competition law team as a paralegal in 2014. She is a driving force behind our team’s knowledge management and provides invaluable research and publication support. Evi is our first paralegal-counsel. She will also take on the responsibility of internal communication manager.
 
We are very happy that Stefanie, Laurence and Evi agreed to take this next step in their career at contrast. Their commitment is extremely valuable to us.
 
Congratulations! 👏🥂
 
#contrasttalent #contrastpromotion #lawfirm #competitionlaw #commerciallaw #paralegal💡

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04 Mar

Knipperlichten: sprekers vennootschapsrecht

💡Knipperlichten seminarie💡

Deze donderdag 07/03 houden we ons jaarlijkse seminarie “Knipperlichten”. We behandelen daarbij diverse ondernemingsrechtelijke topics, waaronder het vennootschapsrecht.

Kristof De Wael en Karlien De Ryck lichten voor dit onderwerp de belangrijkste wijzigingen voor 2024 toe.

Ontdek hieronder enkele onderwerpen die ze zullen bespreken 👇

Interesse? Schrijf je snel in via onze website, en volg het seminarie fysiek te Diegem of online!

#contrastlaw #seminarie #knipperlichten #vennootschapsrecht 

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01 Mar

Student workshops in March

The academic year is in full swing. Together with various student organisations, we have worked out an interesting student programme for the upcoming month.

Are you a student and would you like to take part in a very practical workshop at your campus? Then register quickly via our website!

🎓 4 March – Workshop 'merger control' with Vlaams Rechtsgenootschap Gent (VRG)
🎓 13 March – Workshop 'contract drafting' with ELSA Leuven
🎓 19 March – Workshop ‘your future legal career’ with ELSA Gent

We look forward to meeting you soon!

#lawfirm #lawstudents #workshop #legalinternship #cv #meetcontrast #contraststudentcorner

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01 Mar

Student workshop: merger control

UGent law students! 📣 Not quite sure yet what 'merger control' entails? Are you a student interested in both competition law and corporate law? Then be sure to register for the upcoming student workshop organised by Vlaams Rechtsgenootschap Gent (VRG) and contrast!

On Monday 4 March our partner Herlinde Burez and senior associate Laura Sente will shed a light on the concept of merger control and its legal challenges based on their practical experience.

You can find us on your campus from 19.30 until 21.30!

Interested? Register here!

#studentworkshop #contrastworkshop #aimingtomakeadifference #competitionlaw #corporatelaw #mergercontrol

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29 Feb

Knipperlichten: sprekers handelsrecht

💡Knipperlichten seminarie💡

Volgende week donderdag 07/03 houden we ons jaarlijkse seminarie “Knipperlichten”. We behandelen daarbij diverse ondernemingsrechtelijke topics, waaronder het handelsrecht.

Onze partner Milena Varga en senior associate Laurence Vanhyfte zullen voor het handelsrecht de belangrijkste wijzigingen voor 2024 in kaart brengen.

Interesse? Je kan je nog steeds inschrijven via onze website 👉 Seminars • contrast

#contrastlaw #seminarie #knipperlichten #handelsrecht

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