PHILIPPE Denis

Biography

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Biography: 

Denis PHILIPPE holds a phd in law, founded the lawfirm Philippe & Partners and is currently lawyer registered with the bar associations of Brussels and Luxemburg. He is occasional professor at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), at the graduate school « ICHEC" and at the University of Paris X Nanterre.

His academic duties cover obligation law, English and German contract law, public and private contract law, banking law and international contract law. He is appointed as arbitrator with CEPANI and CCI on a regular basis. He benefits from more than 30 years professional experience, in civil and commercial law and, more specifically, in drafting, reviewing and negotiating national and international contracts, as in transactions that include financing aspects. He carries out his professional activities in various languages (including French, Dutch, English, German and Italian).

He is the author of various academic books in these areas of knowledge, including a thesis on the change of circumstances in contract law and articles relating to privatizations. He is currently chief redactor of the legal review DAOR, member of various redaction committees and member of the academic commission of businesslawtv. He has been regularly appointed as an expert by the European Union.

Contact Informations

Lastname: 
PHILIPPE
Firstname: 
Denis
Email: 
dphilippe@philippe-law.eu
Phone: 
+32 2 600 52 20 (Belg.)
+352 266 886 (Lux.)
Gsm: +32 475 26 66 43 (Belg.)
Gsm: +352 621 521 625 (Lux.)
Fax: 
+32 2 600 52 01
Office(s): 
Brussels Office - Level Partner - Position 2
Luxembourg Office - Level Partner - Position 1

Curriculum Vitae

Degrees: 
  • Law Degree, cum magna laude, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), 1976
  • Special Degree in European Law, cum magna laude, University of Utrecht, 1977
  • Degree in Econcomics, cum magna laude,Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), 1978
  • Ph.D. in Law, summa cum laude, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), 1983
Practice Areas: 
Arbitration
Banking and Financial Law
Energy
European Law (including Competition Law)
Insurance, Torts and Liabilities
Spoken Languages: 
French - English - Dutch - German - Italian - Spanish - Slovak - Study of Luxembourgish

Experience

Experience: 
  • 2000 - present : Partner, Philippe & Partners, member of the Brussels Bar
  • Extraordinary Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and at the ICHEC
  • Lecturer at the University of Paris X Nanterre
  • Editor-in-Chief of the Law Journal Droit des Affaires
  • Associate Editor of the Law Journal Revue Générale de Droit Civil
  • Associate Editor of the Law Journal Revue de Jurisprudence Liège, Mons, Brussels
  • Experienced Arbitrator
  • 1998 - 2000 : Partner, Simonet, Kelder, Philippe, Domont, Lories & Mertens law firm
  • 1985- 1998 : Partner, Balon Buyle Maingain & Philippe law firm
  • 1977 - 1985 : Lawyer in private practice, member of the Brussels Bar
  • Member of the Private Law Department
  • Member of the university association Jean Renauld
  • Member of the Labour & Business law Department
  • Member of the Contract law Department
Other Experience: 
  • Participation as a lawyer in the "Forum sur les cahiers des charges en matière d'alimentation durable pour les collectivités" (Bioforum - Gembloux) - 9th March 2009
  • Member of the coordination committee of the von Bar commission on standardisation of contract law, which commission regroups university professors of the various Member States of the European Union and is financed by the European Union. Seminar participation in Warschau on 19 May 2004, in Milan in December 2004, in Berlin in June 2005, in Tartu (Estonia) in December 2005, in Luzern in December 2006, in Prague in December 2007.
  • Assistance since 1960 to Central European countries for the implementation of European Directives (management of a team of lawyers and university professors between 1999 and 2000 in the Slovak Republic).
  • Member of the International Contracts Group lead by Professor Fontaine and de Ly.
  • Member of the editorial board of the series Handelscontract of the Etablissements Larcier.
  • Chief editor of the periodical Droit des Affaires. (DAOR)
  • Member of the editorial board of Revue Générale de Droit civil (Contrats et Obligations).
  • Member of board of directors of the company Huyghebaert.
  • Member of the editorial board of of Revue de Jurisprudence Liège, Mons, Bruxelles (civil liability aspects)
  • Experienced arbitrator
  • Member of the scientific committee of Businesslawtele.net
  • Director of the Belgian Nuclear Association
  • President of board of directors of the company Huyghebaert (since 2002)
  • 2001 - 2002: director of the company Vandemoortele (Courtrai)
  • Expert OBFG in European Contract Law
  • Member of the examination commission of auditors