Brussels

Our Brussels practice focuses on:

We represent many of the world’s leading multinational companies as well as local businesses in diverse industries, with particular experience in the following areas:

Available Openings in Brussels

• • Midlevel Associate Labor and Employment

  • Associate IP Law

Didn’t find a suitable vacancy, but still excited about Crowell? We are always looking for driven and talented individuals to join our team. Share your legal area(s) of interest and reasons for wanting to join us by sending your cv and cover letter to Evie De Gelder (EDegelder@crowell.com) for attorney recruitment or Dieuwke Rethmeier (DRethmeier@crowell.com) for professional staff recruitment.

Student Events

Throughout the year, we host and participate in events aimed at connecting with students and recent graduates, including university panels, career fairs, and other networking events.

These events are a great way to get to know our team, learn more about our practice areas, and gain a clearer view of how your future in law may take shape.

2025.10.29 Annual Student Event 

Crowell & Moring is inviting you to its annual Student Event on 29 October 2025! During this event you will get to know Crowell & Moring and you will get the opportunity to participate in a fun case study together with other students. You will collaborate as teams to spot issues and prepare a short presentation summarizing your findings with the help and assistance of Crowell attorneys. Following the case study, join us for a relaxed lunch where you can network with attorneys from a variety of practice areas and explore what a future at Crowell & Moring could look like. 

• • • 09h30-10h00: Arrival & welcome
    • 10h00-10h30: Introduction of Crowell & Moring and of the case study
    • 10h30-10h45: More detailed explanation of the case study
    • 10h45-12h15: Solving of the case study in small groups
    • 12h15-12h45: Presenting your findings of the case study as a group
    • 12h45-14h00: Lunch + award ceremony

Internships

Our internship program offers a hands-on introduction to life at a top-tier law firm. As an intern, you work closely with experienced lawyers on client matters, support the team and gain insights into our practice and the broader legal landscape. We have an annual summer internship program, but also welcome students throughout the year and are open to explore internship schemes that can be combined with your study program. At Crowell, internships are paid.

Send your cv and cover letter, telling us who you are and what your legal areas of interest are, to Evie De Gelder (EDegelder@crowell.com).

Contact

If you have any questions related to recruitment, please contact Evie De Gelder at edegelder@crowell.com (attorney recruitment) or Dieuwke Rethmeier at drethmeier@crowell.com (professional staff recruitment).

Our Brussels office has a strong tradition of serving the local community. Through our pro bono work, we assist and represent those who desperately need help in matters such as immigration, civil law, and domestic violence. In addition, several of our lawyers offer their services to the “Legal Helpdesk,” a Brussels Bar initiative, and we also periodically set up a firm weekend “Call-in Clinic,” which offers free first-line legal advice.

In addition to our long-standing pro bono efforts, we support a number of excellent non-profit organizations that tackle some of society’s most pressing issues, from combatting homelessness to the fight against cancer. Our team members regularly volunteer in local organizations, and we organize an annual Day of the Service for our lawyers and staff to serve with local charitable causes. Our Brussels office has a special relationship with the nonprofit “Road to Glory,” which was co-founded by one of our own associates and supports underprivileged youth through kickboxing.

Crowell’s Brussels office is strongly committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our Brussels Inclusion Committee was founded in 2019 with the aim of creating and maintaining an inclusive work environment and ensuring that diverse lawyers are given opportunities to excel. We are also active within Crowell’s firmwide Women in Leadership Initiative (WLI), which is dedicated to the recruitment, retention, professional development, and advancement of our women lawyers.

Our office is a proud co-founding member of the Legal Diversity and Inclusion Alliance (LDIA). This initiative brings various Brussels-based law firms together with the aim of building a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone benefits from equal treatment and opportunities.

Our lawyers work in Dutch, French, English, German, Italian, Greek, Spanish, and Portuguese, with more language capabilities firmwide (Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Taiwanese, and more.).

Innovation is key: a law firm cannot stand still and Crowell understands the benefit that new techniques and strategies bring to our clients. For decades, we have prided ourselves on client-focused legal service delivery – pioneering alternative fee arrangements and promoting risk sharing to best meet our clients' often unpredictable needs. By putting a strong emphasis on innovation, we not only improve our business, we also support our clients in their mission to keep up to date with technological developments. Some examples of our innovative approaches include:

• Crowell Hub: Legal Knowledge Library for clients and contacts
• Crisis Response App: Easily accessible tools and resources for users managing crisis scenarios
• Whistleblowing Virtual Assistant: Supporting compliance with the EU Whistleblower Directive