Olivier Dugardyn

Olivier Dugardyn is a member of the Brussels bar. His practice focuses on national and international corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, competition law and antitrust matters (cartels), unfair competition, distribution law, e-commerce, financial law and commercial litigation. Olivier is also considered a leading expert in the travel and tourism industry and counsels both small and international travel companies, national and international associations, hotel and resort chains, airlines, cruise companies, on-line agencies, insurance companies and governments. He is regularly appointed as arbitrator or mediator in this field, and is President of a chamber of the Ministry of Economic Affair's Disputes Committee for the Travel Industry. He also serves as Deputy Judge at the Court of Appeal of Brussels. Olivier has published several articles on travel and air law and has been a speaker at various universities and numerous seminars and conventions both in Europe and around the world. He is very involved in the Chinese legal market, where he started to develop activities more than twelve years ago. He represents both European clients in China and Chinese clients in Europe, in various industries including the travel industry.