The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Vanessa Foncke, of the Global Disputes practice in the Brussels office, is amongst the 47 lawyers to have been named to the Firm's partnership, effective January 1, 2016.
"The promotion of these new partners reflects Jones Day's ongoing commitment to developing and advancing lawyers throughout the world who have achieved the highest levels of professional accomplishment and who are devoted to advancing and protecting the interests of our clients and the institutional values of the Firm", said Stephen J. Brogan, Managing Partner of Jones Day.
Ms. Foncke joined Jones Day’s Brussels Office in September 2008. She practices in all aspects of dispute resolution and contract negotiations. Her experience covers the representation of Belgian and foreign clients in a broad range of contractual and commercial disputes in all stages of court and administrative proceedings and she also conducts internal compliance investigations. Ms. Foncke also has extensive experience in domestic and international commercial arbitration both as counsel and arbitrator. She is the co-chair of CEPANI40, the under 40 association of the Belgian institution for arbitration and mediation CEPANI. She is recommended for dispute resolution in the 2015 edition of The Legal 500 EMEA.
Ms. Foncke is a graduate of Ghent University (J.D. magna cum laude) and Columbia University (LL.M James Kent Scholar; Fulbright Scholar; B.A.E.F. Honorary Fellow). She is a lawyer in the Flemish section of the Brussels bar and served on the board of the Brussels young bar association (Vlaams Pleitgenootschap) from 2010 to 2013.
The Brussels office is part of Jones Day’s network of ten European offices, including two offices opening in recent years in Amsterdam and Düsseldorf. This expansion reflects the importance that the Firm attaches to its clients' European operations, including the promotion of Ms. Foncke and seven other lawyers to partnership in Europe this year. Strategically located at the center of the European Union, Jones Day's Brussels Office is composed of over 50 lawyers advising clients on a wide range of issues related to Belgian and European business law.
