Julien Degrooff
Senior Associate - Attorney at Law
Julien Degrooff, attorney at law, is an all-round litigator specialising in international and complex arbitration and litigation.
Brussels
English, French, Dutch
Julien regularly acts as counsel in international arbitration proceedings, primarily in the areas of construction, energy, and corporate disputes. He also assists clients in court proceedings relating to setting aside, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Aside from his arbitration practice, Julien handles litigations before Belgian courts, with a particular focus on commercial disputes.
Julien has worked on a wide range of disputes, including representing and advising:
• a major chemical manufacturing company in ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to a corporate dispute,
• a major mining company in several ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to mining disputes in the DRC,
• a distributor in ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to a distribution dispute in the Middle East,
• a State in a prominent multi-jurisdictional dispute relating to the enforcement in Belgium of an Energy Charter Treaty arbitral award in Belgium,
• an investor in a dispute relating to the enforcement of an Energy Charter Treaty arbitral award in Belgium,
• an investor in a dispute relating to the enforcement of an ICSID arbitral award in Belgium,
• a European agency in proceedings for interim measures and annulment brought by a multinational company before the General Court of the European Union.
Memberships
Brussels Bar (Ordre français des avocats du Barreau de Bruxelles), 2018
Qualifications
Master in Law, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), 2018
Bachelor in Law, Université Saint-Louis (Belgium), 2016
Bachelor in Political Sciences, Université Saint-Louis (Belgium), 2016
Publications
VAN DER HAEGEN O., & DEGROOFF J., Le contrôle de la contrariété d'une sentence arbitrale à l'ordre public (note sous Cass., 12 avril 2024, C.22.0348.F), b-Arbitra, 2024/2, 464-491.
DEGROOFF J., La stratégie fiscale d'Apple à l'épreuve du régime des aides d'Etat. Contexte, enjeux et perspectives, Annales de Droit de Louvain, 2017/3, 541-596.
Julien Degrooff
Senior Associate - Attorney at Law
Julien.Degrooff@loyensloeff.com
Brussels
English, French, Dutch
<p>Julien Degrooff, attorney at law, is an all-round litigator specialising in international and complex arbitration and litigation.</p>
Julien regularly acts as counsel in international arbitration proceedings, primarily in the areas of construction, energy, and corporate disputes. He also assists clients in court proceedings relating to setting aside, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Aside from his arbitration practice, Julien handles litigations before Belgian courts, with a particular focus on commercial disputes.
Julien has worked on a wide range of disputes, including representing and advising:
• a major chemical manufacturing company in ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to a corporate dispute,
• a major mining company in several ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to mining disputes in the DRC,
• a distributor in ICC arbitration proceedings in relation to a distribution dispute in the Middle East,
• a State in a prominent multi-jurisdictional dispute relating to the enforcement in Belgium of an Energy Charter Treaty arbitral award in Belgium,
• an investor in a dispute relating to the enforcement of an Energy Charter Treaty arbitral award in Belgium,
• an investor in a dispute relating to the enforcement of an ICSID arbitral award in Belgium,
• a European agency in proceedings for interim measures and annulment brought by a multinational company before the General Court of the European Union.