Florence studied law at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL, Belgium) and holds a master’s in law from Duke University School of Law (NC, USA; Fulbright alumna).
She speaks English, French and Dutch.
Florence is a partner in Linklaters' Litigation, Arbitration, and Investigations (LAI) practice, active in commercial and criminal matters, including market practices and consumer protection, business crime, commercial relationships, image and reputation matters, and a number of regulatory matters. She advises clients active in a variety of sectors, including the tech, financial and retail sectors.
She has developed considerable expertise in collective redress actions, including advising on the defence in two of the few class actions in Belgium. Florence is well versed in the Collective Redress Directive and in the Belgian proceedings adopted on that basis. She also advises on specific (EU) regulatory matters affecting businesses, including AML. This also leads her to advise clients in the process of setting up compliance programs.
She counsels clients in managing crises in the context of administrative, criminal and internal investigations.
Florence has been included in the “Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers” database, following independent nominations by her clients.
Legal500 reports that “Florence Danis is simply the one you want defending your case in court”.
Florence acts as Knowledge & Learning Partner for Belgium and is an active promoter of diversity and inclusion in the firm, including by supporting young mothers.
Florence regularly delivers seminars and trainings on a wide array of topics of interest to her clients, including on recent legal developments.
She acts as Knowledge & Learning Partner for Linklaters Belgium and coordination Knowledge & Learning initiatives across the Linklaters network. She often contributes to innovation and legal tech initiatives.
She is an active promoter of diversity and inclusion in the firm, including by supporting young mothers.
Florence regularly contributes to publications and journals, including by peer-reviewing articles for legal journals.
Florence has written on a variety of subjects.
These include:
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