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This award honours the achievements of the entire ALTIUS IP Team, headed by Paul Maeyaert, Christophe Ronse and Olivier Vrins.

On 14 March, the annual Belgian Legal Awards were held, an event that rewards the most successful law firms and in-house lawyers in Belgium. ALTIUS succeeded in bringing home the IP, IT and TMT award, proving its status as market leader in the field of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Media & Telecommunications law.

The ALTIUS Employment Team published its March Newsletter concerning the latest developments in employment law in Belgium.

Oxford University Press, the well-known UK publisher of reference books, has just published Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights through Border Measures (second edition), a 1248-page practical guide to using border measures against the importation of goods infringing intellectual property rights into the European Union, edited by Olivier Vrins (Partner at ALTIUS) and Marius Schneider.

ALTIUS and Tiberghien have published the sixth edition of the Real Estate Gazette.

The ALTIUS EU&Trade team in the persons of Philippe Vlaemminck and Delia Orabona has represented ALTIUS during the Final Oral Round of the Global ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (EMC2) (8th -11th May 2012). The event has been a unique academic and networking opportunity for panelists, students and lawyers.

The ALTIUS Employment Team published its April Newsletter concerning the latest developments in employment law in Belgium.

Oxford University Press, the well-known UK publisher of reference books, has just published Cross-Border Mergers and Reorganizations, a 984-page reference book for lawyers, in-house counsels, notaries and other advisers, edited by Jérôme Vermeylen (Corporate M&A Law Partner at ALTIUS) and Ivo Vande Velde (Senior Tax Lawyer at Tiberghien).

Johan De Bruycker, Head of the Banking and Finance team, and Lieven Peeters, Head of the Real Estate team, have been awarded at the ILO Client Choice Awards in respectively the Banking and Commercial Property categories.

Johan De Bruycker, Head of the Banking & Finance Team, presents the second (extended) edition of the ALTIUS' Dictionary of banking and capital market terms, used in Belgium and Luxembourg.

The Gaming&Gambling Practice Group presented an overview of recent EU developments and developments in EU national states.

The 3D Employment Team presents a selection of the announced legal initiatives impacting HR policies.

ALTIUS and Tiberghien have published the fifth edition of the Real Estate Gazette. At this occasion we have changed the style of the Gazette to increase the userfriendliness of this information tool.

The Gaming & Gambling Practice Group presented an overview of recent EU developments and developments in EU national states.

Welcome to a new dimension of employment services ALTIUS 3D.

Sylvie Dubois and Sven Demeulemeester welcome Philippe De Wulf who has more than 15 year's specialist experience in Employment Law, advising and assisting a wide range of clients in various industry sectors (ICT, Automotive, Hotels, Chemicals).

Want to view 3D in action? Register at our upcoming lunch seminars!

The Belgian law on the unilateral termination of exclusive distribution agreements of indefinite duration, known as 'concessiewet', celebrates its 50th Anniversary. This unique law has been of significant importance to generations of Belgian distributors. A European harmonisation initiative is needed to further guarantee the protection of the distributors, according to Alexander Hansebout.

Paul Maeyaert and Olivier Vrins  (IP) published the practical guide 'Trademark Prosecution and Litgation in Belgium".

On the occasion of 1 year starters-bvba, Adriaan Dauwe (Corporate/M&A team) wrote an opinion article in the Belgian business newspaper De Tijd (1st September).