Eline is an experienced litigator who has advised a wide range of corporate clients, private equity companies and financial institutions on corporate and commercial law disputes and contractual matters. She regularly represents clients in the Belgian courts and has experience acting as counsel, arbitrator and secretary in arbitration proceedings under ICC, CEPANI and ad hoc rules. Her experience includes high-stakes post-M&A claims, corporate conflicts between shareholders and/or management including directors’ liability claims, and all types of contractual liability claims including disputes arising out of distribution, agency and real estate lease agreements. In addition, Eline has particular experience in private international law: having conducted in-depth academic research on the application of the main European PIL instruments in Belgium, she is well placed to advise our clients on issues of jurisdiction, applicable law and enforcement in a cross-border context. Eline has been recommended by Legal 500 (2023) in the area of dispute resolution, in particular for her private international law experience. She has co-authored several publications in the area of private international law and distribution law.
Eline practices in Dutch, French and English.
Experience
- Senior Associate, Allen & Overy (A&O Shearman), Brussels, 2015-2024
- Academic researcher in European private international law, University of Antwerp, 2014-2016
Speaking Engagements
- Journal of Private International Law 10th Anniversary Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, 05/09/2015
- Presentation on the application of EU Private International Law instruments in Belgium, Summer courses of the Antwerp Bar, 26/08/2016
- Seminar on recent developments in distribution law (“Actualia handelstussenpersonen”), organised by Nexis, University of Antwerp, Belgium, 20/04/2021
Publications
- T. KRUGER, with E. ULRIX, De toepassing in België van de Europese IPR-verordeningen, Antwerp, Intersentia, 2016
- E. ULRIX, "Kwalificatie van een consumentenovereenkomst onder de Brussel Ibis-Verordening" (case note Mons 8 May 2014), DCCR 2015/108-109, 157
- K. VAN DEN BROECK and E. ULRIX, “Ondergeschiktheid artikel 4 alleenverkoopwet aan de Europese bevoegdheidsregels – Artikel 7, 1. Brussel Ibis toegepast op de verkoopsconcessie" (case note ECJ 18 September 2013, case C-9/12, Corman-Collins), RABG 2016/8-9, 658
- K. VAN DEN BROECK, with E. ULRIX, "Strategie in internationale handelsarbitrage: de strategie bij beroep op getuigen en experten" in De strategie in internationale arbitrage. Bijdragen aan het colloquium van CEPANI van 12 januari 2017, CEPANI, no. 22, Mechelen, Wolters Kluwer Belgium, 2017
- E. ULRIX and K. VAN DEN BROECK, "Internationale handelsagentuur en forumkeuze" (case note Antwerp 17 April 2018), RABG 2020/5, 436
- E. ULRIX and K. VAN DEN BROECK, “Opzegging, mits bekrachtiging, van een concessieovereenkomst van onbepaalde duur” (case note Enterprise Court Ghent (div. Kortrijk) 1 April 2019), RABG 2020/11-12, 997
- K. VAN DEN BROECK and E. ULRIX, Actualia handelstussenpersonen, Antwerp, Intersentia, 2021
- E. ULRIX and K. VAN DEN BROECK, “Internationale handelsagentuur”, in Bestendig Handboek Distributierecht, Mechelen, Wolters Kluwer Belgium, II.1-1-II.1.35, March 2022
- E. ULRIX, Commentary on Chapter X (“Legal persons”) of the Belgian Code of Private International Law, Rome I Regulation and Rome II Regulation, in Internationaal Privaatrecht Geannoteerd 2023-2024, Brugge, die Keure, 2023
- E. ULRIX and K. VAN DEN BROECK, “De billijke vergoedingen onder de Alleenverkoopwet wegens beëindiging van een internationale concessie” (case note Brussels 24 January 2023), RABG 2024/8-9, 684
- E. ULRIX and K. VAN DEN BROECK, “Het Hof van Cassatie hakt de knoop door: geschillen betreffende de eenzijdige beëindiging van een voor onbepaalde tijd verleende verkoopconcessie zijn vatbaar voor arbitrage” (case note Cass. 7 April 2023, Thibelo), RABG 2024/8-9, 557
Credentials
Education
University of Brussels, M.A. (magna cum laude), 2015 Université de Namur, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2012