Eric Montens

Senior Counsel
emontens@crowell.com
+32.2.282.1846

Eric Montens is a senior counsel in the Brussels office of Crowell & Moring. His practice focuses mainly on general commercial & corporate, competition and product risk management matters.

He assists national and international clients on a variety of issues concerning commercial distribution and related matters, such as franchise, selective distribution, agency, competition, licensing, and consumer protection. He regularly litigates distribution matters before national courts and arbitration panels.

As part of Eric's product risk management practice, he advises corporations on the legislation applicable to their products when put on the EU market. He has represented manufacturers, suppliers and importers in product safety (including product recall) matters with the national (consumer) safety authorities of the EU member states involving, among others, tires, toys, children's products and other (consumer) goods. On international product risk management issues, he often works closely with the firm's U.S. offices, as well as lawyers in other parts of the world.

Eric has also been seconded to companies in the IT/Telecommunications sectors, where he has worked with clients both as part of their legal team and as standalone legal counsel in their day-to-day business, including software license review, general commercial contract review, distribution network development, litigation monitoring, and corporate matters.

Eric studied at the law faculties of the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix in Namur (1997, jur. cand.) and of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2000, jur. lic.). He also spent a year at the University of Uppsala, Sweden (1999). In 2001, he obtained a master's degree in EU Law at the Institute for European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (LLM, cum laude).

Eric was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2001. Before joining Crowell & Moring he was an associate in a leading franchise and distribution law firm in Brussels.


Affiliations

Admitted to practice: in Belgium and before the European Court



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Speeches & Presentations

  • "Product Safety – Managing the Risks," Crowell & Moring, Webinar. (November 25, 2021). Speakers: Eric Montens and Jurgen Figys.
  • "Liability of Directors and Management," Webinar in Collaboration with IJE/IBJ (April 27, 2021). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel, Eric Montens, and Margaux van Steenbergh.
  • "Covid-19 et la reprise après le confinement," Webinar in collaboration with Robert Half, Brussels, Belgium (April 29, 2020). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert and Eric Montens.
  • "Selected Topics for Non-profit Associations," Crowell & Moring Open Table, Brussels, Belgium (November 26, 2019). Speakers: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel, and Eric Montens.
  • "Internet of Things – Legal and IT Risks & Challenges," IJE/IBJ Open Table, Brussels, Belgium (April 4, 2019). Presenters: Tom Pace (Cylance), Maarten Stassen, Emmanuel Plasschaert, Eric Montens and Heidi Waem.
  • "General Product Safety and Recall," IJE/IBJ Deep Dive - Product Liability & Security in the EU and Belgium: Handling the Risks Associated with Defective or Non-Compliant Products, Brussels (December 6, 2018). Presenter: Eric Montens.
  • "Product Liability in Belgium," IJE/IBJ Deep Dive - Product Liability & Security in the EU and Belgium: Handling the Risks Associated with Defective or Non-Compliant Products, Brussels (December 6, 2018). Presenter: Eric Montens.
  • "Product Liability and the Impact of the New Law," Crowell & Moring Product Liability and the Impact of the New Belgian Law on Collective Redress Seminar, Brussels (June 20, 2014). Speaker: Eric Montens.
  • "Développements récents en matière de distribution, Le Livre X du Code de droit économique," Colloque de la Conférence du jeune barreau de Bruxelles (April 29, 2014). Speaker: Eric Montens.
  • "Product Safety, Recalls and Liability," Product Liability, Recalls and Crisis Communication Seminar with Belgian Legal Counsel Institute, Brussels, Belgium (September 20, 2012). Speaker: Eric Montens.
  • "Directors' and Managers' Liability: A Hands-on Approach," IJE / IBJ Deep Dive, Brussels, Belgium Presenters: Emmanuel Plasschaert, Frederik Van Remoortel, Eric Montens, and Margaux van Steenbergh.

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