Our team

Dr. Konstantinos Adamantopoulos

Konstantinos is a dual qualified Greek lawyer and member of the Brussels Bar's E list since 2002. He specializes in EU trade law, EU competition law, including merger control, and State aid. He has worked extensively and has in depth expertise in the maritime, aviation, transport infrastructure, travel, energy, hi-technology security, electronic communications, media and sports sectors, as well as the steel and chemical industries. He regularly represents clients, from across Europe, the US and Asia, before the European institutions and has extensive experience of litigation, representing governments and corporate entities before the European Commission, the Court of Justice and the General Court of the European Union, as well as in dispute settlement procedures before WTO institutions. Konstantinos has authored a number of publications on European law and policy and has presented at conferences on aspects of EU competition, State aid, trade and air transport law. He regularly lectures on EU law.

Expertise

• EU antitrust, merger control and state aids
• EU and WTO trade law (antidumping, anti-subsidy, safeguards)
• Export controls and sanctions
• International Conflict Resolution and Arbitration
• EU public procurement

Johan Billiet

Johan is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and a specialist in commercial law, bankruptcy and insolvency, and distribution and franchising. He is the founding partner of Billiet & Co. Johan holds a dual Master in Law and Criminology from the University of Ghent, as well as a Master in Maritime Law from the University of Antwerp. He is the founder of the Association for International Arbitration, and the author of various books, including the manual of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) on International Investment Arbitration. Johan teaches investment arbitration, dispute resolution and comparative arbitration at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the VUB. He works in Dutch, French, and English.

Expertise

• Commercial advisory & contracts
• Conflict (re)solution
• EU regulatory & competition law
• Asset recovery, insolvency & (re)structuring

Philippe Billiet

Philippe is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and a specialist in conflict (re)solution, arbitration, and commercial law. He obtained his LL.M. in International Economic Law at the University of Warwick. Philippe was one of the first mediators to obtain the EMTPJ (European Mediation Training for Practitioners of Justice) certification and he frequently intervenes in matters that have a diplomatic dimension. He is a vice-president of the Chambre d’arbitrage d’experts, a member of the advisory board of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy, and a registered arbitrator with numerous institutions worldwide. He lectures on conflict resolution tools and strategies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He works in Dutch, French, and English. In addition, he is conversational in German and understands Polish.

Expertise

• Commercial advisory & contracts
• Conflict (re)solution
• EU regulatory & competition law
• Asset recovery, insolvency & (re)structuring

Ewa Kurlanda-Billiet

Ewa Kurlanda-Billiet is a legal advisor to our firm who focuses mainly on Belgian-Polish legal matters. She obtained her LLM on international Economic Law at the University of Warwick. Her experience includes a wide range of legal matters. She works in English, Polish and Dutch. She is further also conversational in Greek.

Vladimir Lincautan

Vladimir is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and a specialist in corporate and commercial law, international trade law, and M&A. He has completed multiple masters, including in business law, corporate finance, international and European law, and international public law. He frequently intervenes in complex corporate and international trade transactions and has extensive experience in handling high-value, multi-party, multi-jurisdictional disputes in CIS and EU jurisdictions. He has worked as a legal counsel at ERG sarl in Luxembourg and has experience working for Dentons. Vladimir works in Dutch, French, English, Russian, Ukrainian and Romanian.

Expertise

• Commercial advisory & contracts
• Conflict (re)solution
• EU regulatory & competition law
• Foreign direct investment
• EU immigration law

Manon Vande Maele

Manon is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar. She has a particular interest in diplomatic law. She obtained her Master of Laws in International, European and Private law at the Catholic University of Leuven, where she wrote her Master’s thesis on the access to justice deficit faced by individuals before the European Courts. She obtained a Master in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Antwerp, where she wrote her Master’s thesis on the role of nuclear weapons in conflict. During her studies she particularly focused on global challenges and participated in the Globalization Program in Venice. Manon works in Dutch, English and French.

Evelyne Vanlinthout

Evelyne is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and is specializing in company law, contract law, property law, and EU regulatory & competition law. She obtained her Master of Laws in private and economic law at the Catholic University of Leuven and wrote her Master's thesis on positieve obligations in property law (in the old and new property law). During her studies she additionally focused on conflict resolution & mediation. Evelyne works in Dutch, English and French.