The ORTELIUS LAW OFFICE was established by the acquisition of a first floor located at 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Brussels), Square Vergote 10 B within the art deco residence "LA ROTONDE".
The founding members are the lawyers Gelu BUZINCU, from the French speaking Bar of Brussels, and Sonila TUCI, from the Dutch speaking Bar of Brussels.
The name of ORTELIUS LAW OFFICE is inspired by Abraham ORTELIUS, a Belgian cartographer and geographer known as the inventor of the modern atlas.
The founders of the firm, having themselves an international background, are inspired by Abraham ORTELIUS to guide you in the judicial world.
The firm is multidisciplinary and multilingual. It is part of the international WOLEP network and the European Association of Lawyers.
ORTELIUS LAW OFFICE favors professionalism and respect for the client.
The firm has a particular expertise in European law. In this field, it advises on competition practices, abuse of dominant position, free movement of workers, free movement of sportsmen and women, European civil service.
The firm defends also persons summoned to appear before the Police Court. In the same way, it assists the injured parties to obtain the compensation of their material but also moral damage before the same jurisdiction.
In the contractual field, the firm advises and represents clients in contractual negotiations but also in the event of non-compliance with agreements such as leases, purchase-sales, etc. In the family field, it assists clients in all legal acts related to their family life and more particularly in divorce proceedings. The firm is also specialized in this field of law covering advice on asset management (cohabitation, matrimonial regimes, donations, wills) as well as litigation on divorce, inheritance and liquidation.
The firm also has a long experience in this field (asylum and subsidiary protection, regularizations, work, family reunification, students, administrative detention, nationality, ...). We can assist you from the moment you arrive in Belgium in order to regularize your stay and your professional activities.
The firm offers its clients services related to the creation of the company, the choice of its legal and financial structure, the drafting of all types of contracts and in general all legal problems encountered during the existence of the company. It can advise companies wishing to establish themselves in Belgium in order to opt for the most advantageous and least taxable corporate form. The firm helps you to recover the debts (unpaid invoices,.) that you have against individuals as well as against companies. Our assistance covers both the sending of formal notices and the initiation of legal proceedings.
The firm represents individuals/companies in criminal proceedings before the Belgian Courts and Tribunals both in the context of offences committed in Belgium (information, investigation, preventive detention, pleading of the case,..) and in the context of the execution in Belgium of an international or European arrest warrant for acts committed abroad. In addition, he provides advice, assistance and representation to persons and companies targeted by the investigation (tax fraud, money laundering,...), as well as to the injured parties (complaint, filing of a civil action,...).
The attorneys of ORTELIUS LAW OFFICE exercise their profession in compliance with the deontological rules laid down by the French- and Dutch-speaking Order of Brussels, in particular as regards the conditions of intervention and the fees charged.
The fees are freely fixed between the attorney and the client. They relate to intellectual and material services provided in your case.
The attorney's remuneration is based on the skills of the lawyer, the difficulty, the stakes of the case, the urgency, the extent ...
There are several modes of remuneration. The classic method of remuneration is based on the time spent (hourly remuneration). It can also be flat rate or depend in part on the result obtained.
The remuneration of the attorney exclusively based on the result is forbidden in Belgian law.
In any case, the attorney will inform you of the manner in which the fees will be established through the signature of a fee agreement.
In this context, a provision may be requested in order to cover expenses.
Square Vergote 10 B, 1200 Bruxelles TVA : 0547.896.283 Tel : 02/201.15.82 Fax : 02/476.94.64
The office is located in Brussels between Square MONTGOMERY and Place MEISER The office can be reached every working day between 9 AM and 5 PM It is accessible by : Metro : Montgomery (Line 1 - 5) Tram : Georges Henri (25 - 7) Bus : Georges Henri (27 - 28- 80) Train : Merode station
