Keuleneer advocaten – avocats is a law firm where one can find able assistance and well thought through advice, as well for the realization of your projects as for avoiding or solving legal problems.
We are at your disposal for both advice and litigation. Corporate law, association law, financial law, economic law, environmental law and thereto related criminal law are our main practice areas.
Our advice aims to be comprehensive, accurate and pragmatic. When shaping or structuring a project, legal advice should be of help, not an obstacle.
We are fully committed to the interests of our clients, but also set limits. Not everything is possible, either legally or ethically.
In litigation, we are “the first judge” in a case, as is expected of a lawyer. When we represent your case, we do so with commitment and dedication, not shying away from any legal means in function of a well-considered and deliberated strategy.
Too often litigation is conducted without a strategy. That is a mistake we wish to avoid.
Increasingly , the procedure is the strategy.
Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a world where political decisions are being transferred from elected institutions to courts of law. Law then takes on, as it were, an additional political and ideological dimension. We are aware hereof, and we want to engage in proceedings that our team deems worth conducting.
Specialists with a broad perspective
International experience
Multinational clientele
Fluency in languages
Fernand Keuleneer
Fernand Keuleneer can refer to an extensive international experience in various fields and environments, for a very diverse clientele. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions and stock market listings, but also in assisting SMEs, advising congregations and other church or philosophical institutions, and in highly mediatized cases of a criminal nature.
Diplomas
- Licentiate in Law (KU Leuven, 1980)
- Licentiate in economics (KU Leuven, 1981)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) (Yale Law School, 1982)
Principal activities
- Member of the Brussels Bar since 1982, with practice in New York 1988-1992
- Opening address Vlaams Pleitgenootschap, Brussels Bar (1995)
- President Vlaams Pleitgenootschap (2000-2001)
- Member of the Brussels Bar Council (Dutch speaking section) (2001-2004)
- Member of the General Meeting of the Flemish Bar
Practice areas
- Corporate law
- Not-for-profit corporations (general, international, ecclesiastical)
- Securities and finance
- Economic law
- Environmental law
- Criminal law
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- English
- German
Job opening
Keuleneer advocaten – avocats is looking for motivated trainee lawyers and associates with excellent legal skills, who can think analytically and draft correctly, are trilingual (Nl-F-E), and are willing to master new subject matters (tax law or family law are not our core practice areas). Associates deal with a diverse range of legal issues, are actively involved throughout the life span of a case, and interact directly with clients.
As independent practitioners, both trainee lawyers and associates are at liberty to develop their own client base, and are compensated according to experience, either at an hourly rate or on a fixed fee basis.
The office is located in the pleasant neighborhood of the La Cambre Abbey and the Bois de la Cambre, at 385 Avenue Louise, easily accessible by public transportation (tram 93 or 8, stop “Abbey”).
Contact: fernand.keuleneer@keuleneer.com
Louizalaan 385, b.1
1050 BRUSSELS
Tel.: (32)2 883 30 40
info@keuleneer.com