The following is a sample of recent awards and rankings that we have earned. If you require more information, click here.

AWARDS

Benelux Law Firm of the Year, 2006 en 2004 (Chambers and Partners)

Top 5 mergermarket Benelux League Tables, 2006 (Mergermarket)

Client Choice Award, 2005 (International Law Office)

RANKINGS

Chambers Global en Chambers Europe, ed. 2007

Banking & Finance: “Loyens possesses a fully-fledged banking practice. … Clients appreciate the ‘strong business understanding’ exhibited by the firm’s lawyers. …”
Competition / Antitrust: “Benelux heavyweight Loyens has an extensive global reach and reputation, to which the Brussels competition practice is vital. …”
Corporate / M&A: “The Loyens corporate team was bolstered this year. Market research shows that clients appreciate this ‘real Benelux firm’ both for its regional expertise and also for its growing international capabilities, which stretch from New York to Tokyo. …”
Dispute Resolution: “Client praise has secured a first appearance in the rankings of Loyens’ litigation team. Sources describe lawyers who are ‘flexible in their availability and will work through the night for you’. They further highlight the team’s ‘complete bilingualism’ as a particular bonus. …”
Employment: “ ‘Extensive by Belgian standards’, the Loyens employment team comprises 18 lawyers, with 12 concentrating purely on employment law. … The lawyers are generally held to be ‘particularly strong in pensions’, and this comment reflects the team’s increasing activity here.”
Intellectual Property
Real Estate: “… Peers recognise the firm as ‘a small but nonetheless high-quality player’.“
Tax: “ ‘Quite remarkable on all levels’ is one client’s assessment of the breadth and depth of tax expertise available here. This echoes the views of the wider market, and is perhaps unsurprising given the firm’s historical specialisation in tax law. …”

Legal 500, ed. 2007

Banking, Finance and Capital Markets: “ ‘The partners and associates are very reliable’ and ‘the best value law firm I have dealt with’: Loyens continues to enjoy a strong position …”
Corporate and M&A (Antwerp)
Corporate and M&A (Brussels):   “ The corporate/M&A practice at Loyens has seen not just growth in client mandates, but has also achieved the year’s other notable coup ..." 
Dispute Resolution 
Intellectual Property
Labour and Employment: “ ‘Our satisfaction extends from senior partners to junior lawyers, with quality advice, prompt attention, and the right allocation of work to relevant experience’, says one client of Loyens. …”
Media and Entertainment
Real Estate
Tax: “ ‘They have a sound and broad business understanding’ says one client of Loyens …”
Competition
EU Regulatory

IFLR 1000, ed. 2007

Banking and finance: “Loyens is getting some interesting work and is tipped by the market to challenge strongly for a tier two placing soon …”
Capital markets
Mergers and acquisitions:   “One of Belgium’s top local operations, Loyens moves up a tier this year and looks set to consolidate this gain  …”
EU competition

World Tax, ed. 2007

PLC Which Lawyer?, ed. 2007

Competition/anti-trust: Recommended law firm
Corporate real estate: Recommended law firm
Corporate/M&A: Recommended law firm
Finance: banking and debt finance: Recommended law firm
Intellectual property: Recommended law firm
Labour and employee benefits: Highly Recommended law firm
Tax: Recommended law firm