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“I advise and represent national and international clients in a wide range of commercial disputes and other contentious situations, with a specific expertise in consumer law, market practices and commercial contracts.”

Overview

Harry Slachmuylders is an Associate in the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Practice since 2024.

Harry advises and represents national and international clients in a broad range of commercial disputes and other contentious situations. He has a special expertise in consumer law, market practices and commercial contracts.

In addition to his work for Linklaters, Harry is a research fellow at KU Leuven (Brussels campus), where he researches in the field of consumer contract law.

Work Highlights

Some of Harry’s work highlights include:

Defending a global technology multinational in two collective redress proceedings before the Belgian courts and coordinating its defence throughout Europe
Representing an insurance company in post-M&A disputes, also involving related commercial litigation
Advising national and international clients on various aspects of Belgian and European consumer protection and market practices law

Beyond the Office

Harry Slachmuylders is an Associate at the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Practice since 2024.

Before joining Linklaters, Harry worked as a PhD researcher and teaching assistant at KU Leuven’s Consumer Competition Market Institute (Brussels Campus). He defended his PhD thesis on contractual rights and liabilities in circular Product-as-a-Service contracts in November 2024. Since November 2024, he is affiliated with KU Leuven as a research fellow.

Harry also regularly speaks about a wide range of topics relating to consumer law and commercial contracts, including most recently:

“Consumptie zonder eigendom: de positie van de consument in circulaire product-als-dienstcontracten”, Leerstoel Matheeussen 2025: Beperking van eigendomsrechten, Brussels, 14 November 2025.
“Product-as-a-service: juridische uitdagingen en praktische tips bij het opstellen van contracten”, Webinar Vlaams Pleitgenootschap, online, 18 March 2025.
“Navigating the fine print: enforceability and (un)fairness of terms and conditions in PSS contracts”, 3th stakeholder workshop contractual rights and liabilities in circular business models, Brussels, 8 March 2023.
“Movable servitization: contractual liability in the B2C relationship”, Servitization and circular economy: economic and legal challenges, Leuven, 22 April 2022.
“Product as a Service as enabler of the circular economy – a contract law perspective”, Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates (PEPP), Cambridge, 25 March 2022.
“ Économie de la fonctionnalité – le contrat de service: défis juridiques et solutions contractuelles”, Colloque CRDP "Des entreprises écoresponsables dans l'économie circulaire", Lille, 21 May 2021.
“The Role of Circular Business Models in the Economic Recovery after Covid-19”, Ius Commune Conference, Maastricht, 26 November 2020.
“Duurzaam ondernemen en het recht: Circulaire bedrijfsmodellen - juridische knelpunten.”, Virtuele week van de bedrijfsjurist IBJ-IJE, Online, 16 November 2020.

Education and Qualifications

Harry holds a PhD in law (2024) and Master of Laws degree (2019, magna cum laude) from KU Leuven. In 2018, he spent a semester abroad at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, taking the courses of the LL.M. programme.

He speaks English, Dutch and French.

Thought Leadership

Harry’s recent publications include:

H. Slachmuylders, “Movable Servitization. Contractual Liability in the B2C Relationship”, in B. Keirsbilck, E. Terryn, J. Eyckmans, S. Rousseau and D. Voinot (eds.), Servitization and circular economy: economic and legal challenges, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2023, 135-166.
H. Slachmuylders, “Économie de la fonctionnalité – Le contrat de service : défis juridiques et solutions contractuelles”, Revue Juridique de l’Environnement 2022, 111-120.
H. Slachmuylders, “Vergunningsstelsels, Airbnb en de Dienstenrichtlijn”, DAOR 2021, 84-88.
H. Slachmuylders, B. Keirsbilck, E. Terryn and E. Van Gool, “Duurzaam ondernemen en het recht: circulaire bedrijfsmodellen – juridische knelpunten” in De rol van de bedrijfsjurist in de duurzame ontwikkeling van de onderneming/ le rôle du juriste d'entreprise dans le développement durable, Brussel, Larcier, 2021, 7-39.
H. Slachmuylders, “Herstelling door een derde en de hiërarchie van de remedies in de consumentenkoop”, DCCR 2020, 135-148.
H. Slachmuylders, “Vrijheid van vestiging en van dienstverlening (art. III.1-III.14 WER)” and “Algemene verplichtingen van de ondernemingen: informatie, transparantie en niet-discriminatie (art. III.73/1-III.81 WER)”, in Ondernemingsrecht geannoteerd 2024-2025, Brugge, Die Keure, 75-81 and 102-104.

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