Antwerp

Contact your single point of contact for A-Law law firm Antwerp, managing partner Attorney-at-Law Dirk De Beule.  Dirk speaks Dutch, French and English.

A-LAW international law firm Antwerp high level expertise and knowledge of investment and  trade and distribution related areas of law, traffic law, transportlaw, maritime law, insurance law, as well as its long established international relationship with China, Vietnam, the European continent, the Americas and Africa has led to A-Law comprehensive legal assistance for the investors and different stake holders active in the Port and the multiple sectors of economy of Antwerp.

Why trade or invest in Antwerp

For over five centuries, Antwerp has been the world’s number one diamond trading center with the “Antwerp cut” as the ideal diamond cut.  Eighty-four percent of all rough diamonds and 50% of all polished diamonds worldwide are bought and sold in Antwerp.  Typical of the diamond trade is the multicultural aspect with over seventy nationalities working together in Antwerp’s diamond district.

Antwerp is home to a dynamic fashion community, which first came to prominence during the 1980s as the “Antwerp Six”.  The highly individual fashion vision, respect for technical skills and quality materials is the drive behind the Antwerp fashion industry and the Antwerp graduated designers breaking through on the international circuit.

Europe second largest port, the Port of Antwerp is home to the largest (petro) chemical cluster in Europe.  This presence of stakeholders throughout the value chain has led to a unique gathering in Antwerp of the most progressive transport experts for the safe storage, handling and distribution of oils, gases and chemicals.

Antwerp is known worldwide as the European distribution hub, A position it owns due to its excellent connectivity with overseas destinations and the European hinterland and its strategic location close to the principal European production and consumption centers.  This interconnectivity instigates Antwerp to become a major strategic partner in the development of the “One Belt One Road” development strategy launched by China at the end of 2013.  This project aims to create a “New Silk Road” linking Europe and the Middle East with the economic centers of China and other countries in South-East Asia and around the Indian Ocean (EURASIA) and an ocean-going part with Antwerp as a major trading hub to Africa

Antwerp position in the maritime industry has further led to the development in Antwerp of a legal knowledge center on transport law, maritime law and marine insurance.   The “Antwerp Insurance Policy” and the role of Antwerp as founder of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) the object of which is to contribute to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects, demonstrate Antwerp legal skills in the constant search for stability and security in the relations between carriers and cargo owners and crucial to the insurability of the related risks.

Antwerp hosts excellent management schools and international schools as well as an outstanding Antwerp University, of which a major part of A-LAW lawyer graduated from.

International law firm Antwerp Belgium

A-LAW International law firm is further recognized as “Relocation Partner” of the City of Antwerp. This allows an integrated follow up of the labor and residence applications of our vast portfolio of foreign investors in Antwerp, Belgiumby our immigration department.