Janson Baugniet

The lawyers of the department have recently intervened in matters such as:

• The organisation of strategies and selective distribution networks in the automobile and luxury industry sectors
• The resolution of disputes related to the execution or termination of international agency contracts and open-ended Belgian exclusive sales concessions (sales objectives, non-competition clause, advanced notice, clientele compensation, etc.)
• The drawing up of shareholder pacts aimed at preventing conflicts between shareholders, namely companies in IT, insurance, civil engineering, public-private service and graphic arts
• The legal resolution of conflicts between shareholders (exclusion or forced repurchasing of shares) in companies active in food commodities production and textile distribution
• The merger of companies in the travel sector
• The legal resolution of conflicts linked to the non-execution of national or international sales contracts
• The drawing up of conventions related to the disposal of companies, including carrying out due diligence
• The contractual framework of service business management
• Helping companies with their expansion strategy in central Europe and Canada
• Helping foreign investors in Belgium
• Helping organise general assemblies and boards of directors, particularly in SMEs (including drawing up social documents)
• Legal actions in termination and responsibility regarding acts contrary to fair trading in commercial matters, notably in matters of false advertising, boycotting a company, firing, abusive use of confidential files, etc.
• Resolving disputes airline carriers encounter with their clientele
• Helping companies in trouble notably during legal liquidation procedures, composition or bankruptcy
• The execution of legal mandates entrusted by the Courts and Tribunals (bankruptcy guardianship, provisional administration of companies, seizure, etc.)
• Examining questions linked to state aid judged incompatible with European law on competition
• Submission and follow-up of complaints before the Competition Council