Pierre Frühling focuses on European law with an emphasis on the
transport, energy and financial
institutions sectors. His litigation work, which includes
administrative, competition and
regulatory issues, combines both EU and national laws.
He has a strong commitment in transport law and has been
involved in many prominent cases since the early nineties, ranging
from mergers and regulatory matters to asset based finance,
contracts, accidents or insurance related issues. He is recognised
as one of the leading aviation lawyers by the following
directories: The Legal 500, the Guide to the World’s Leading
Aviation Lawyers and the International Who’s Who of Aviation
Lawyers. Besides airlines, Pierre is also counsel to railways and
logistic providers.
Pierre has also developed an important practice in banking &
financial law, which covers both operations and regulatory issues,
including EU cross-border operations. His competition practice
extends to the telecoms and energy sectors.
He has authored many articles, co-authored a Treatise on air law
(‘Précis de droit aérien’, Bruylant, 2006), is the Belgian
correspondent to the International Law Office (partner to the IBA)
and is frequently invited as a speaker to lectures worldwide. He
chairs the European Union’s Transport, Energy and Telecommunication
Laws sub-Committee of the Brussels bar (French) and seats at the
board of the Brussels Air Law Forum.
Pierre speaks French, Dutch, English fluently.