AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Law Firm Peter De Cock is active in many professional domains. Individuals as well as companies are assisted in addressing diverse legal problems. In addition, Law Firm Peter De Cock can help you avoid legal problems by assisting in the drafting of contracts, general terms and conditions, etc.
The geographic area we serve is not limited to Belgium, but extends to Germany, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Sweden and the USA.
Peter De Cock is licensed to practice before the courts of Belgium and Germany.
Efficiency, accessibility, clarity and a personal approach: our way of working!
Peter De Cock is licensed to practice alone in Germany and regularly pleads before the various courts in Germany. Peter De Cock is fluent in (legal) German, both spoken and written. These 2 strengths allow litigation to take place more efficiently and at a lower cost: you no longer need to call on the services of a local attorney and a translator.
- Recovery of unpaid invoices – individuals and businesses after, if desired, solvency research and prior notice, before starting proceedings./li>
- Commercial representation, including contract termination procedures, fees, …
- Sole selling rights, drafting contracts, termination procedures
- Commercial leases
- Driving times and rest periods, with respect to findings on the spot by the police as well as in subsequent proceedings
- CMR – disputes
- Commission agent – forwarder disputes
- Accidents in the Antwerp port district
- Shipping by rail, air, inland waterway and sea
- Traffic offences: defence in criminal matters, for example, drunkenness or intoxication
- Handling civic cases, for the insurer as well as for the offender and the victim
- Handling physical damage and bodily injury including medical appraisal
- Drafting damage claims under German and Belgian law
- General construction law as well as specific subcontracting such as plumbers, central heating, …
- Final acceptance of work, appraisals: contractor, architect and subcontractor liability
- Representing client interests: contractor-architect as well as proprietor
- Urban planning: defence in permit dispute cases before municipal and provincial authorities as well as before the “Raad voor Vergunningsbetwistingen”
- Expropriations: the phase preceding the procedure as well as during the procedure itself
- Public procurement tenders in proceedings before the Council of State
- Offender assistance
- Victim assistance + damage compensation claims
- 24×7 assistance related to arrest rights (Courts of Antwerp/Turnhout)
- Nuisance caused by neighbours in all aspects (property demarcation, hedges, greenery, …)
- Among others, vehicle purchase and problems with airlines (missed flights, lost luggage)
- Tort: all aspects of damage and damage compensation
- Contracts, housing rental, …
- Animal well-being
- Issues related to breeding farms (certification)
- Trade in riding and sport horses
- Film industry contracts (production and co-production), Flemish Government subsidies (tax shelter scheme)
- Event contracts
- Musician’s law
- Inheritances and legacies with international aspects
(for divorces and other aspects of family law, we refer you to fellow law firms)
- Enforcement of Belgian judgements in Belgium and abroad
- Enforcement of foreign judgements in Belgium
- European enforcement order
- Payment orders abroad
- Attachment in execution
- Precautionary measures, including precautionary garnishment, seizure of accounts, movable and immovable property
- Information on counterparty solvency
- Lawyer and arbitrator/mediator for one of the parties
- Litigation for and against insurance companies (insurance coverage, damage compensation, interventions in proceedings, …)
