Since its establishment in 1989, Jones Day's Brussels Office has grown to more than 35 lawyers. Strategically located at the heart of the European Union, the Brussels Office advises clients on a wide range of regulatory, corporate/commercial, tax, and labor law issues relevant to corporations doing business in Belgium, the EU, and worldwide.
The Brussels Office provides a wide-range of services to assist the Firm's national and international clients in negotiating the EU's complex legal environment. Our award-winning regulatory practice lawyers advise in areas such as EU and Member State competition law, including M&A clearances; state aid; cartels; abuses of dominant position; sector-specific regulatory issues in relation to telecommunications, media and energy; and pleading matters before the European Courts. The Brussels Office also has significant experience in multinational transactions (M&A, joint ventures, "greenfield" investments), corporate/commercial matters, litigation and arbitration, real estate, tax planning and corporate structuring, and labor law. Our lawyers have particularly deep industry-specific knowledge in critical sectors such as IT, telecommunications, media, automotive, aviation, chemical, financial services, real estate, and consumer products. Jones Day's "One Firm" organization enables lawyers in Brussels to link clients to the Firm's substantial legal resources worldwide. The Brussels Office is part of an integrated network of over 400 lawyers in eight key business centers throughout Europe, as well as a seamless global organization of over 2,500 lawyers in 32 offices.
Over the past two decades, the office has emerged as one of the largest of any U.S. law firm in Brussels. Our lawyers hail from jurisdictions worldwide, but all share a firm grounding and experience in Brussels. Our office serves as headquarters for Jones Day’s European competition practice, with some 40 lawyers in six cities, and also features a strong multi-disciplinary and multi-national transactional practice.