Member Details
Jurisdictions
Belgium
Exclusive Member
Corporate Law , Distribution Law , Franchise Law
Biography
Michel Caluwaerts specialises in corporate and commercial law with a specific focus on distribution law (distribution, agency, franchising).
He has been involved in numerous litigation cases, either advising the distributors, or the principals or the licensors. Through his experience, he has developed a sharp approach and methodology to deal with claims in relation to the breach of distribution contracts.
He also acquired a large experience in drafting business contracts and corporate agreements (shareholders agreements, joint ventures, etc.) for both Belgian and foreign customers
As a corporate lawyer, he provides regularly legal assistance to companies as an advisor or as litigator in the various matters which may occur in the corporate life between shareholders, managers or directors.
Michel holds a Law degree and an advanced business administration degree from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). He has been registered with the French Brussels Bar since 1994.
He has written numerous articles in the different areas he specialized in.
Firm Description
KMS Partners is a partnership between lawyers and mediators.
After having worked in several large firms the KMS founders, Patrick Kileste, Michel Caluwaerts, and Dimitri De Ryck joined to create a smaller structure, allowing the avoidance of conflicts of interests and values.
Their two principles are:
– On the one hand, specialization in the following areas of expertise : commercial distribution law, corporate law, competition law, contracts law, property law, family law and international private law ;
– And on the other hand, to promote « another way to manage the dispute », favouring alternative dispute resolution
KMS Partners’ members can help their clients in all those fields of law.
In order to maintain their ability to meet any request, they favor the membership in several networks, formal and informal, at the national and international levels.
KMS Partners are able to meet the needs of any firm or person in those fields of expertise and to help any person faced with a conflict to choose the most appropriate way to resolve it.
