Lydian
Kato Aerts is currently the First Vice President at AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers. They also hold the titles of Co-Chair of the Academic Programme Committee and Vice President of the AIJA Labour Law Commission. Prior to their current role, Kato Aerts worked at Lydian as Partner, Counsel, Senior Associate, and Associate. They also gained experience at Agio Law and Laurius advocaten as a Lawyer. Kato Aerts has a Master's degree in Sociale bemiddeling in organisaties from KU Leuven and a Master's degree in Law from KU Leuven and Université d'Orléans.
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Lydian
Lydian is a full-service, independent Belgian law firm that was founded in 2001, and has grown in just a few years to a stand-alone business law firm. Counting 95+ lawyers to date, Lydian has a very strong reputation in capital markets, finance, energy, pensions, insurance, real estate and PPP related transactions. The transactional work is backed by the specialist expertise of its tax department, corporate department, commercial department and the employment, pensions and benefits department. Lydian stands for a strong and highly professional environment with high level legal services. Our approach is all about being committed, available, responsive and proactive. We understand the opportunities and demands of our client’s business, and will put its interests to the fore. Our legal culture, which is firmly grounded on London magic circle and premium Belgian law firms, makes us ideally placed to provide the highest quality services to an international standard and practice law with the sophistication of a big firm, but with the close client-lawyer contact more typical for a smaller firm. Communication with our clients is key for us. Our clients include a large number of high profile listed and non-listed Belgian and non-Belgian clients, who come to us for our expertise and the quality of our work. We frequently handle referral cases from prestigious law firms outside Belgium. “Straight-to-the-point advice is the hallmark of Lydian” – Legal 500 Visit our website here: https://www.lydian.be Read our privacy policy here: https://www.lydian.be/en/privacy-policy