Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Managing Associate, Brussels
Léonard advises on a broad range of civil, commercial, and regulatory disputes, with a particular focus on cross-border matters. He represents clients before Belgian courts and acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings. Léonard has specific expertise in product liability, competition and financial litigation, judgment and arbitral award enforcement, as well as in restructuring and insolvency. He also has a keen interest in tech-related matters such as cryptoassets.
Léonard taught private international law at UCLouvain for several years. He has given seminars and published extensively on conflicts of jurisdiction and conflict of laws.
Léonard has assisted many clients in resolving disputes. These include advising and representing (*):
Léonard was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2018. He joined Linklaters in 2021 having worked for three and a half years in the litigation & arbitration department of another Brussels-based international law firm.
In addition, he is a member of the editorial board of DAOR, a leading journal on business law in Belgium. Léonard also serves as a trustee and the treasurer of the Royal Belgian Benevolent Society, the oldest foreign charity operating in the United Kingdom, which supports young Belgians pursuing their academic or artistic ambitions in the United Kingdom. He is further actively engaged with TADA (a network that mobilises citizens, civil society, and businesses to promote the integration and empowerment of Brussels’ most socially vulnerable teenagers), as well as with Be.Face (a business network that encourages inclusiveness in the workplace by creating opportunities for students and job seekers).
Léonard studied law at the University of Namur (Bachelor of Law), the University of Antwerp (exchange programme), UCLouvain (Master of Law), the University of Buenos Aires (exchange programme), and the University of Cambridge (LL.M., Jesus College).
Léonard’s recent published work include:
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