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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.”
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, collective redress, B2B legislation and commercial contracts. Additionally, he regularly advises on EU sanctions issues.
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.
Some of Harry’s experience includes:
Harry Slachmuylders joined Linklaters in 2024 as an associate in our Belgian litigation, arbitration & investigations practice.
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 dissertation 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.
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.
Harry’s recent publications include:
H. Slachmuylders, Contractual Rights and Liabilities in Circular Business Models: A Study of Consumer Protection in Product-as-a Service Contracts, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2025, 745 p.
H. Slachmuylders, “Consumptie zonder eigendom: de positie van de consument in circulaire product-als-dienstcontracten”, in A. De Boeck, B. Keirsbilck, V. Sagaert and R. Van Ransbeeck (eds.), Beperking van eigendomsrechten, Brugge, die Keure, 2025, 127-159.
H. Slachmuylders and C. Borucki, “Verbintenissen en aansprakelijkheid bij product-dienstsystemen in circulaire bouwcontracten”, Tijdschrift voor Bouwrecht en Onroerend Goed 2025(1-2), 20-41.
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.
F. Danis, H. Slachmuylders, T. Reyntjens and W. Leslie, “Navigating DMA claims in the EU’s national courts (part 1): jurisdiction, standing of consumer associations and third-party funding”, Oxford Business Law Blog, 2026.
F. Danis, H. Slachmuylders, T. Reyntjens and W. Leslie, “Navigating DMA claims in the EU’s national courts (part 2): experts, damages and injunctions”, Oxford Business Law Blog, 2026.
H. Slachmuylders, “Territoriale bevoegdheid tussen afdelingen (Commentaar bij artikel 636 Ger.W.)” and “Prorogatie van territoriale bevoegdheid bij tussengeschillen (commentaar bij artikel 634 Ger.W.)” in Gerechtelijk recht. Artikelsgewijze commentaar met overzicht van rechtspraak en rechtsleer, Mechelen, Wolters Kluwer, 129-131 and 121-127.
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.
Harry also regularly speaks about a wide range of topics relating to consumer law and commercial contracts, including most recently:
Evaluatie van de B2B-wet van 4 april 2019. Misbruik van economische afhankelijkheid, oneerlijke bedingen en oneerlijke marktpraktijken, Lunchcauserie AEDC - VSMR, Brussels, 17 March 2026.
Van bezit naar gebruik: Het juridisch kader van Product-as-a-Service modellen, Limburgse Rechtsconferentie, Hasselt 12 February 2026,
“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.