International law firm Bird & Bird was founded in 1846. Its Belgian office in Brussels is among 30 office locations around the world. 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm is widely active in banking work with its main strength in the financial regulatory area. The regulatory team, which is among the market’s top, advises an impressive assortment of clients that includes major international and domestic banks (retail and investment), international card schemes, payment card issuers, merchant acquirers, funds, asset managers and insurers. 

In M&A, the firm is also visible each research cycle across such sectors as life sciences, TMT and financial services. 

Key clients 

Key clients include Mastercard, Stripe, Booking.com, Moneynet International, bunq, Federale Verzekering, Bootstrap, BBAM, Macquarie Bank, Orbit Capital, Promethera Biosciences, Network Research Belgium, Cofinpar, ELIXIR - European Life-science Infrastructure for Biological Information and PRACE.