"Hakim Boularbah is extremely sharp, quick and very quickly sees where the problems are and where the discussion should go. He is extremely intelligent and I am very happy to recommend him."
Chambers & Partners - High Net Worth (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is excellent and has really built a strong practice."
Chambers & Partners - High Net Worth (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is extremely sharp, quick and very quickly sees where the problems are and where the discussion should go. He is extremely intelligent and I am very happy to recommend him."
Chambers & Partners - High Net Worth (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is excellent and has really built a strong practice."
Chambers & Partners - High Net Worth (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is extremely sharp, quick and very quickly sees where the problems are and where the discussion should go. He is extremely intelligent and I am very happy to recommend him."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is excellent and has really built a strong practice."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is extremely sharp, quick and very quickly sees where the problems are and where the discussion should go. He is extremely intelligent and I am very happy to recommend him."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is excellent and has really built a strong practice."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah is an outstanding professional with impressively effective legal skills with business impacts combining innovative, out-of-the-box legal thinking together with effective business sense and consequent and reliable implementation."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2025)
"Hakim Boularbah delivers consequently outstanding results. He also demonstrated impressive communication and engagement skills among a wide array of complex shareholders / stakeholders across different countries and approaches. His client commitment is second-to-none and makes him and his team immensely valuable as business partners in the most difficult and complex cases."
Legal 500 - EMEA (2025)
Hakim Boularbah is ranked as Chambers & Partners is ranked as Dispute Resolution: Litigation in Individual in Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Chambers & Partners - Global (2024)
Hakim Boularbah is ranked as Band 3 in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
Chambers & Partners - Global (2024)
Hakim Boularbah is ranked Band 1 for Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2024)
Hakim Boularbah is renowned for his expertise representing clients in a range of standout international litigation cases relating to shareholder disputes and risk management. He has additional expertise assisting clients with M&A-related arbitration and set-aside proceedings relating to arbitral awards.
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2024)
"Hakim Boularbah is a very good lawyer with a strong vision of his files and his clients' needs."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2024)
"He is a very direct person who goes to the point of the matter."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2024)
Hakim Boularbah named "Leading individual" in Dispute Resolution
Legal 500 - EMEA (2024)
"Hakim Boularbah is very sharp, focuses on the important issues and is efficient."
Chambers & Partners - Global (2023)
‘Hakim Boularbah: A strategic thinker that sees the whole field. He appreciates the business goals and develops legal strategies to match those goals. Hakim was always available for our last minute questions and provided us with real feedback on the strengths and weakness of our positions. He put together strong legal briefs and delivered winning oral arguments. Our team trusted Hakim in record time and felt comfortable litigating in the Belgium system.’
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
‘Hakim has also built a very strong team of associates that speak up and contribute.’
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
Hakim Boularbah is Band 1 ranked for Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Chambers & Partners - Global (2023)
Hakim Boularbah named "Key lawyer" in Industry focus: Healthcare and Life Sciences
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
Hakim Boularbah named "Leading individual" in Dispute resolution
Legal 500 - EMEA (2023)
“Hakim has a brilliant mind”
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
“He possesses very sound judgement in complex matters”
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
“Mr Boularbah is an excellent and tough opponent”
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
Hakim Boularbah is recognised as Thought Leader in Commercial Litigation
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
Hakim Boularbah is recognised as Thought Leader in GIR - Asset Recovery
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
Hakim Boularbah is recognised as Recommended in Abritration
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
Hakim Boularbah is recognised as Recommended in Asset Recovery
Who's Who Legal - (2023)
Hakim Boularbah named "Leading individual" in Dispute resolution
Legal 500 - EMEA (2022)
Ranked Band 1.
Clients say that "not only is he clever and efficient, but he has the ability to make complex things simple, which is a great gift."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2022)
Hakim Boularbah is recognised as Recommended in Commercial Litigation
Who's Who Legal - (2022)
Hakim Boularbah is Band 1 ranked for Dispute Resolution: Litigation
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2021)
One client enthuses that Boularbah is "the best lawyer I've ever met," adding: "He is fully reliable - when he gives you an opinion, you can be sure this is a bulletproof opinion." Another source notes that Boularbah is "absolutely excellent at dispute resolution."
Chambers & Partners - Europe (2021)
Hakim Boularbah named "Leading individual" in Dispute resolution
Legal 500 - EMEA (2021)
Hakim Boularbah is an absolute outstanding contention specialist, whose precision and quality of legal analysis and approaches of recommendation makes him immensely valuable as leader of our contention defense team. His proximity to the client, ability to understand business reality while still figuring out the decisive legal matters to defend client rights are second-to-none. His ability to work as team player and team leader among several high-profile legal counsels are also greatly valuable in a complex legal set-up
Legal 500 - EMEA (2021)
Ranked as Global Leader
Who's Who Legal (2021)
Peers and clients say: "He is a court procedures specialist", "He has superb advocacy skills and great knowledge", "One of the best practitioners in Brussels", "He is brilliant"
Who's Who Legal (2021)
Ranked as Thought leader
Who's Who Legal (2021)
Hakim Boularbah is looked upon with enormous favour by peers who single him out as “a specialist in cross-border litigation”.
Who's Who Legal (2021)