07/02/21

Creation of the new law firm Ariga

Dodo Chochitaichvili, Erika Ellyne, Régine Feltkamp and Kevin Van Deuren are excited to share the creation of the new law firm Ariga.law.

Ariga’s offer

Our dedicated and enthusiast team offers the typical legal services such as legal advice, transactional work and dispute resolution in our areas of practice. In addition, we are keen to offer specific services to our clients such as:

  • legal project management: we help clients manage and plan their legal projects to achieve their business objectives.
  • policy development: we accompany our clients in the preparation and implementation of internal policies that reflect the applicable regulatory framework (e.g. GDPR and IT security, certifications, AMLD, MiFID, MAD/REMIT…)
  • business strategy & consulting: we assist clients in making the best of their legal positions and modeling the most advantageous business approach.
  • lifecycle support: we partner with our clients in providing an array of support activities for the different phases of the business lifecycle, in view of developing their core product/service offering.

We are a curious team that keeps an open eye and mind with regard to the future. We focus on three thematic areas at the heart of modern businesses in transition: digitalization, governance and conflict management / resolution, and sustainability.

Ariga lawyers’ can assist in a wide variety of business law practices: in particular in IP/ICT, corporate law, regulated industries (banking/energy), and arbitration & alternative dispute resolution. We work with clients of all sizes from multinationals to start-ups. No matter the size we adopt to our client’s structure and manner of working.

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How we work

We are known for being a dedicated team, ready to dive into our clients’ business, technology and specific sector, in order to fully grasp our clients’personalised needs. We combine this understanding with our legal expertise to serve clients with pragmatic, creative and clever solutions for their legal questions.

We value a flexible, collaborative and transparent working model at all levels of cooperation, both internally and with clients. We believe that all team members should be encouraged to develop their own activities at their own pace and according to their ambitions.

Meet the Ariga team

We are a team of business lawyers, but each with their own focus:

Dodo Chochitaichvili : Ariga’s expert in dispute resolution, including arbitration. With more than 10 years of experience in these fields, Dodo looks for any suitable solution to increase the likelihood of a better result for clients. She combines her activity with a mandate as teaching-assistant at the Free University of Brussels (ULB/Mons).

Erika Ellyne : Ariga’s law and technology enthusiast. Erika helps clients to navigate the various legal questions that new technologies entail for their business. She helps to leverage these technologies from a business and legal point of view, as well as mitigate risks. She is also scientific researcher at the Free University of Brussels (VUB).

Régine Feltkamp : with Régine you get more than 10 years of broad business law practice with specific focus on regulated businesses expertise (energy and banking/finance sector). In these industries she is currently focusing on digital transition and sustainability transition projects. Régine combines her activity with lecturing at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) (Financial and Economic Law and Selected topics of law of obligations and contract law). 

Kevin Van Deuren : Kevin is Ariga’s rising associate who focusses on corporate, M&A and insolvency law. He is keen on supporting companies at the different stages of their lifecycle.

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