Nazmul Hasan Anik FirmADVOCATEN · AVOCATS · RECHTSANWÄLTE

Business law across the European Union

Counsel for companies that work across borders.

We advise businesses on EU and national law from Antwerp, Luxembourg and Vienna. One team handles your matter end to end, from regulatory questions to court and arbitration.

Founded
2004
Lawyers
38
Bars admitted
BE · LU · AT · NL
Working languages
EN · NL · FR · DE
§ 1Practice areas

What we handle

Each area is led by a partner. Most matters involve two or more, so they work as one group rather than separate departments.

Corporate & M&A

Dir. (EU) 2017/1132

Company formation, cross-border mergers and conversions, shareholder agreements, and acquisitions from due diligence to closing.

Data protection & AI

GDPR · AI Act

Privacy programmes, data transfers outside the EEA, breach response, and classifying and documenting AI systems under the AI Act.

Competition & State aid

Art. 101–102 TFEU

Merger filings with the Commission and national authorities, cartel investigations, distribution agreements and State aid notifications.

Employment

Posted Workers Dir.

Contracts and policies, restructuring and collective redundancies, works councils, and staff working in more than one member state.

Litigation & arbitration

Brussels I bis

Commercial disputes before national courts, references to the Court of Justice, and arbitration under ICC, CEPANI and VIAC rules.

Intellectual property

EUTM · UPC

EU trade marks and designs, patent disputes before the Unified Patent Court, licensing and enforcement against counterfeits.

Real estate

Local law

Commercial leases, development projects, property transactions and zoning procedures in Belgium, Luxembourg and Austria.

Restructuring & insolvency

Reg. (EU) 2015/848

Preventive restructuring plans, creditor representation, and cross-border insolvency proceedings.

§ 2People

Partners

You speak directly with the partner responsible for your matter.

Elise Martens

Managing partner · Corporate & M&A
Antwerp bar · Luxembourg bar

Matthias Kogler

Partner · Litigation & arbitration
Vienna bar

Noor Benali

Partner · Data protection & AI
Brussels bar · CIPP/E

Joost Verhaegen

Partner · Competition & State aid
Antwerp bar · Amsterdam bar
§ 3Offices

Three offices, one firm

Head office

Antwerp

Meir 112, 2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
CET · NL / FR / EN
Office

Luxembourg

Boulevard Royal 24, L-2449
Luxembourg
CET · FR / DE / EN
Office

Vienna

Schottenring 18, 1010 Wien
Austria
CET · DE / EN
§ 4Insights

Recent notes

Data protection & AI

Is your hiring software a high-risk AI system?

Tools that screen or rank job applicants fall into the AI Act's high-risk category. We set out what employers using them should document and check.

Noor Benali
Corporate & M&A

Moving a company's seat to another member state

A practical timeline for a cross-border conversion, from the draft terms to the pre-conversion certificate and registration.

Elise Martens
Litigation

Choosing a forum clause that holds up

How courts read jurisdiction clauses in standard terms, and drafting points that avoid a dispute about where to bring the dispute.

Matthias Kogler
§ 5Contact

Tell us about your matter

Email
office@lawsfirm.eu
Phone
+32 3 555 01 20
Hours
Monday to Friday, 08:30–18:00 CET
Response
We reply to new enquiries within one working day.