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A multidisciplinary team

Avocat Bernard Dewit

Bernard DEWIT

Degree in Law from the Catholic University of Louvain in 1978.
Member of the Brussels Bar since 1978.
Former member of the Council of the French Bar Association of Brussels .
President of the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce. (BCECC)
Secretary General of Europe China OBOR Culture & Tourism Development Committee.
Mediator accredited by the Brussels Business Mediation Centre. n 1 )
Foreign Arbitrator approved by the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Visiting Lecturer at the Catholic University Faculties of Mons (Fucam).
Decorated with the Friendship Award granted by the Chinese government.
Certified expert of State Administration of foreign Experts Affair P.R. China.

Languages: French, Dutch and English.

Preferred subjects:
Insurance law, civil liability, bodily injury, construction law, contract law, national and
international arbitration, foreign investment, commercial law, transport law, Chinese law.

Sabine THIEBAUT

Sabine THIEBAUT

Degree in Law from the Catholic University of Louvain in 1987.
Member of the Brussels Bar since 1987.

Language: French.

Preferred subjects:
Insurance law, personal injury, civil liability, medical liability, civil law, judicial law.

Catherine Van Gheluwe avocate au Cabinet Dewit Law Office

Catherine VAN GHELUWE

Degree in Law from the Free University of Brussels in 1987.
Member of the Brussels Bar since 1987.

Languages: French, Dutch and English.

Preferred subjects:
Insurance law, civil liability, civil law, construction law, criminal law, judicial law.

Laurence Gilain avocate au Cabinet Dewit Law Office

Laurence GILAIN​

Degree in Law from the Catholic University of Louvain in 1988.
Master in Tax Management from Solvay Business School, Free University of Brussels, in 1992.
Member of the Brussels Bar since 1989.

Languages: French and English.

Preferred subjects:
Insurance law, personal injury, medical liability, civil law, social law, tax law.

Nicolas GILLET avocat au Cabinet Dewit Law Office

Nicolas GILLET​

Master in Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2011.
Member of the Brussels Bar since 2012.

Language: French

Preferred subjects:
Civil law, liability law, real estate law, public law, criminal law, town planning law, civil and
commercial leases.

Noémie VERLEYEN avocate au Cabinet Dewit Law Office

Noémie VERLEYEN​

Master’s degree in Law from the Catholic University of Louvain in 2016 – Finality Civil and criminal justice – Magna Cum Laude
Exchange Student Mercator – University of Quebec in Montreal (Canada) in 2016 (6 months) – Summa Cum Laude
Lawyer at the Brussels bar since 2018

Languages: French and English

Preferred subjects:
Civil law, liability law, medical law, traffic law, construction law.

Lawyer Laura Helin

Laura Helin

Master in Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2018 – Civil and criminal law – Magna Cum Laude
Exchange programme at UGent in 2017
Lawyer – Member at the Brussels Bar since 2018
Certificate in insurance law from the Catholic University of Leuven (UCL) in 2021
Trainer in judicial law at IFAPME
Languages : French, English, Dutch
Preferred subjects: Criminal law, family law, insurance law and civil law.

Lawyer Maxime Ronsmans

Maxime Ronsmans

Master in Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in 2016-2018- Economic and social law
Lawyer – Member of the Brussels Bar since 2018

FUCAM workshops – Certificate “Crisis agents” 2018-2019
Bachelor in Law – trilingual course – from the University Saint-Louis Brussels 2013-2016
Bachelor in Sociology-Anthropology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles 2010-2013
Erasmus – Belgica exchange programme at the Universiteit Antwerpen in 2013

Languages: French, English, Dutch

Preferred subjects :
Company law, labour law (collective and individual), procedural law, contract law, insolvency law

Xiaoxia Dewit Law Office Beijing

Xiaoxia SHEN​

BA in English Literature and Diploma in Diplomacy from Beijing Foreign Studies University (China).
Master in Public Administration and Public Policy from York University (UK).

Languages: Chinese, English.

China Desk Manager
Liaises with our Chinese customers and assists Chinese investors with setting up in Europe.
Helps European investors gain a foothold in China.

Li Yangjing Dewit Law Office Beijing

Moey LI

Lawyer
Bachelor of Chinese Law from China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing) in 2009.
Master’s degree in Common Law from the Chinese University of Hong Kong 2010.
Member of China Law Association on Science and Technology.

Languages: Chinese and English.

Preferred subjects:
Chinese company law, labour law, Intellectual property law, international economic law.

Daisy Du Dewit Law Office Beijing

Daisy DU​

Master in Marketing and Strategic Communication from the University of Greenwich (UK)

Languages: Chinese, English

Responsible to our Chinese public relations and marketing management firm.

Tianran XU

Lawyer
Bachelor of Laws in Chinese Law from the China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing)
Master of Laws (LLM) from the Law School of the University of California (UCLA) Los Angeles.

Languages: Chinese, English.

Customer relations and supports legal counsel.