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Partner Marie Canivet heads the Retail team in Brussels.Marie has over 20 years’ experience in distribution law, distribution networks and retail business in general. She has extensive knowledge of the franchising business, having assisted a large number of companies to develop and strategically expand their concept and their franchising network in Belgium and abroad.
Marie assists a large number of local and foreign distributors to set up their development strategy, adapt their working methods to the considered market, including the management of their network in Belgium and abroad. Taking a global approach, she has expertise on all the legal domains related to the retail sector, such as distribution contracts (franchise, exclusive distributorship, agency, etc), commercial lease contracts, transfers of business, trade practices (publicity, commercial promotions, brands), antitrust (vertical restrictions), GDPR and intellectual property issues.
Marie gives commercial advice and appears in cases before the Belgian Courts and arbitral Tribunals on a daily basis. She also has a strong expertise in negotiating and drafting contracts.
Experience:
Godiva
Assisting Godiva in Belgium and in several other countries in drafting and negotiating their commercial contracts, managing its distribution network, litigations and restructuring of its activities due the emergence of the e-commerce and the COVID crisis.
Brico
Assisting Brico in the day-to-day management of its franchise network including drafting and adaptation of contracts and litigation
Medi-Market
Assisting in setting up its development strategy and successfully securing several important judicial procedures in order to put in place its new concept of pharmacy-parapharmacy in Belgium.
Superdry
Advising Superdry, a long-standing client of OCI, regarding all its commercial leases in Belgium.