Michel Segers
Counsel
Avenue des arts, 46
1000 Brussels
1000 Brussels
+32 2 274 51 87
32 472 42 06 53
+32 2 274 51 81
Professional Experience
Michel Segers has an extensive experience in commercial law with a focus on the distribution sector.
He advises clients in a whole range of industries to start up their e-commerce, retail and distribution activities. He also advises franchise networks who are recognised leaders in their market in order to give them a legal leap forward in today’s digital economy.
In addition, Michel Segers is active in the field of intellectual property and has successfully defended clients in trademark disputes and assisted clients in drafting a whole range of license contracts (copyright, database,…).
Michel Segers is also appointed as arbitrator in commercial litigation matters.
Dutch, French, English, German, Spanish
Education
- Erasmus – Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (DE), 2007
- Master of Laws – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (B), 2007
- LLM in Intellectual Property – Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (B), 2010
Membership and Activities
- Member of the Brussels’ Bar (B), since 2007
- Member of the Brussels’s Bar Association (VPG), since 2007
- Member of the Association of International Young Lawyers (AIJA), since 2015
Recent Publications/Speeches
- “State of play of distribution law” – Seminar organized by the Brussels’s Bar Association (VPG), (May 2017)
- VANHAVERBEKE P., de MUELENAERE D., SIMPELAERE B. and SEGERS M., « La situation des franchisés en matière de requalification de la convention », in Subordination et para-subordination, entre dépendance juridique et économique, Anthémis, 2017