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Loïc de Hults

Senior Associate

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Loïc de Hults

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS DeBacker
Chaussée de La Hulpe 178
1170 Brussels
Belgium
Languages French, Dutch, English, Italian

Loïc specialises in commercial law. He focuses on Belgian and international procurement, supply, and distribution agreements. His has a wealth of knowledge and experience in retail distribution, retail chain operations, and contracts. This enables him to skillfully advise, negotiate, and perform drafting work for companies of all sizes ranging from FMCGs to major industrial players.

With his area of specialization in all types of retail matters, clients also seek Loïc for advice on product liability (e.g., product recall, damage claims) and unfair trading practices in both B2B and B2C contexts.

Loïc is also an experienced litigator who defends clients in court and arbitration proceedings.

He is fluent in French, Dutch and English.

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Relevant experience

  • Assisting companies with the implementation of exclusive and selective distribution systems or commercial agency agreements
  • Advising suppliers of FMCGs on all legal issues related to the distribution of their products (commercial negotiations with resellers and distributors, sales promotions, price increases, delisting, etc.)
  • Advising and assisting companies in case of breach or termination of commercial agreements
  • Drafting and negotiating toll manufacturing agreements and EPC contracts
  • Assisting and advising manufacturers in relation to product liability claims
     

 

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Publications

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Education

  • 2007 - Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 2006 - University of Louvain, KU Leuven - Belgium (Master in Business Economics)
  • 2005 - University of Louvain, UCLouvain - Belgium (Law Degree)
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Expertise

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25/06/2019
New European Dir­ect­ive on un­fair trad­ing prac­tices in the food sup­ply chain
European Dir­ect­ive 2019/633 on un­fair trad­ing prac­tices in B2B re­la­tion­ships in the ag­ri­cul­tur­al and food sup­ply chain has been pub­lished in the Of­fi­cial Journ­al of the European Uni­on. This Dir­ect­ive...
Law-Now Consumer Products
03/04/2019
New Bel­gian rules against ab­use of eco­nom­ic de­pend­ence - changes in B2B...
B2B re­la­tion­ships, par­tic­u­larly in the re­tail sec­tor, are of­ten char­ac­ter­ised by an im­bal­ance of eco­nom­ic, and thus ne­go­ti­at­ing, power between the con­tract­ing parties. This eco­nom­ic im­bal­ance al­lows one...
Law-Now Commercial Law
31/01/2018
Janu­ary 2018 News­let­ter
Ed­it­or­i­al Dear Read­er,We hope that your new year has got­ten off to a good start. As al­ways, we are pleased to bring you the latest leg­al news in our monthly news­let­ter, which con­tains up­dates on bank­ing...
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25/01/2018
European Com­mis­sion as­sesses ad­equacy of Gen­er­al Food Law in food and feed...
In an eval­u­ation of the EU le­gis­lat­ive frame­work for the 2002 Gen­er­al Food Law Reg­u­la­tion (GFLR), the European Com­mis­sion has found that this frame­work ap­pears to ad­dress most cur­rent trends, such as...
Law-Now Commercial Law
01/11/2015
War­ranty law in sup­ply con­tracts in Bel­gi­um
Gen­er­al Re­marks Un­der Bel­gian law, a dif­fer­ence has to be made between the leg­al guar­an­tee for con­sumer goods only and the com­mon law guar­an­tee for all goods (i.e. not only con­sumer goods) for hid­den...
Expert Guide
30/06/2015
June 2015 News­let­ter
The goal of our news­let­ter is to keep you abreast of re­cent leg­al and tax de­vel­op­ments in the vari­ous areas where our firm has re­cog­nised ex­pert­ise. Ed­it­or­i­al Dear Read­er,We want to help you save time...
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