Martine has more than 30 years of experience and is specialised in civil procedure, corporate law, contract law, trademark law and copyright law.

She has also assisted numerous companies and organisations in their compliance with the GDPR and in the management of incidents involving personal data (loss and theft of data).

She has extensive experience in Congolese labour law.

Martine is a teacher at the Brussels Bar (Bar admission course), scientific collaborator (ULB Mons)  and an assistant at the university (ULB) in civil litigation law. She is also a teacher in the continuing education course on "Judicial Expertise Law" which is part of the university certificate "Criminalistics and Forensic Psychiatry" of the ULB.

She works in French and English.

• Litigation (commercial and civil)

• Advising large mining, recycling, construction, brewing, real estate and chemical companies.

• Advising comic strip authors and companies in the artistic field (and litigation).

• Assisting numerous companies and entities (including law firms) in their compliance with the GDPR and in the management of incidents  or proceedings involving personal data.

• Negotiating and drafting agreements for mining, recycling, brewing, real estate and chemical companies (confidentiality agreements, engagement letters, research and development agreements, sale and purchase agreements, licenses, leases) as well as copyright and trademark agreements.

• In-company assistance in support of the legal department. 

Education:

Master of laws (ULB 1991)

Bar: Brussels

• « Le RGPD, un atout en défense ou en demande dans les procédures civiles », in Le RGPD, une arme contentieuse, Anthemis, 2024

• Droit du Procès civil, vol. 1, Anthemis 2025 (second edition), - Contribution to the book

• Droit du Procès civil, vol. 3, Anthemis, 2022, - Contribution to the book

• Droit du Procès civil, vol. 2, Anthemis, 2019, - Contribution to the book

• Droit du Procès civil, vol. 1, Anthemis 2018, - Contribution to the book

• Code essentiel, Droit judiciaire, co-author, Larcier since 2022

• Chronique de législation en droit privé - "Droit judiciaire privé et arbitrage", since 2018, J.T.

• Speaker "RGPD- are you in order" - 12 June 2018 (Mons) and 8 June 2018 (B 19 Brussels)

• Speaker " RGPD- The essentials of compliance for your company " - 24 April 2018 (Nivelles entreprises)

• Speaker " SMART GRID/METERING legal framework, consequences and practical aspects", 17 October 2017 (Namur)

• Speaker at the "Maisons de l'Energie" training course (Brussels Environment) "Personal data", 22 September 2014

• ULB - in charge of the "Intellectual Property" part of the "Law" module of the Continuing Education "Legal aspects of IT project management" - years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.