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About
Provided by Catherine Longeval
Practice Areas
Catherine specialises in dispute resolution before the Belgian courts and arbitral tribunals. She advises clients on a wide range of issues, including life sciences law, distribution law, product liability, general commercial law and employment law.
In the field of life sciences law, Catherine’s expertise covers inter alia medicines, medical devices, cosmetics and food supplements. She regularly acts for leading multinationals, providing multidimensional advice and coordinating pan-European projects.
She co-chairs the Life Sciences Practice Group (LSPG), a network of mainly European law firms with strong life sciences regulatory expertise, established at the initiative of Van Bael & Bellis.
Catherine is Co-Chair of the IBA’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Law Committee. She regularly speaks at conferences and publishes widely on her areas of expertise.
Career
Joined Van Bael & Bellis in 1994, became a Partner in 1997.
Professional Memberships
Brussels Bar, IBA and CEPINA (the Belgian Arbitration Institute).
Publications
Contributor to Van Bael & Bellis' Business Law Guide to Belgium, PLC's Life Sciences Cross Border Handbooks, Commented Codex Pharma of pharma.be, Chambers Global Guides: Pharmaceutical Advertising, Life Sciences.
Chambers Review
Europe
Catherine Longeval has a wealth of experience advising clients on complex disputes before Belgian courts relating to reimbursement and product liability. She frequently assists clients with regulatory compliance mandates and distribution issues.
Catherine Longeval of Van Bael & Bellis has a wide-ranging practice advising clients on contractual and liability disputes, as well as debt recovery proceedings and litigation in the life sciences sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Catherine Longeval is very sharp but at the same time very pleasant."
"Catherine Longeval is a very responsive and accurate lawyer."
"Catherine Longeval is very sharp but at the same time very pleasant."
"Catherine Longeval is a very responsive and accurate lawyer."