Dispute Resolution

Dispute resolution is at the heart of Crowell & Moring’s legal practice. We are uniquely placed to help our clients either prevent or resolve their legal disputes through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or litigation. Backed by the resources of our global, full-service law firm, our Brussels dispute resolution lawyers operate with the flexibility of a boutique law firm to help both domestic and international clients define their commercial and strategic interests in cases of legal conflict. Our aim is to safeguard our clients’ interests while causing as little disruption as possible to their core businesses.

Prevention Rather Than Cure

Our approach to dispute prevention is pro-active, creative and pragmatic: there is little benefit in developing ADR or litigation strategies for matters that are likely to be decided in an opponent’s favor. The fact that we are litigators first and foremost allows us to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a client’s position. As a result, we often help our clients either to avoid a conflict entirely or to prevent it escalating.

Unique ADR Experience

We counsel in complex domestic and international arbitrations. Our work has earned us world-wide respect with institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris), the International Center for Dispute Resolution (New York), the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva), the National Arbitration Forum (Minneapolis), the Belgian Arbitration and Mediation Center (CEPANI, Brussels), the Czech Arbitration Court (Prague) and the Nederlands Arbitrage Instituut (Rotterdam).

Several of our lawyers are themselves accredited as mediators or arbitrators in international or local ADR proceedings. 

Result-Orientated Litigation

Sometimes, of course, there may be good reasons to take a legal dispute to court. Clients can rely on our result-driven attitude and our experience as litigators to favorably resolve what can often be highly complex matters. In addition to our local Belgian capabilities, our litigators have been involved in a number of cases concerning parallel litigation in different jurisdictions and European cross-border issues. Our success is guaranteed by our extensive network of independent lawyers across Europe and the backing of our Crowell & Moring colleagues around the world.

Our Team

Our Brussels lawyers have experience litigating in a large number of different areas. We focus on intellectual property, information technology, telecommunications, the automotive sector, media, the Internet and a wide variety of corporate and commercial issues.