Dries Deschuttere

Dries is a Senior Associate in our Brussels office. He was admitted to the Brussels bar in 2018 and joined Kennedys in the same year.

At Kennedys, Dries acts for leading airlines, transport companies, (re)insurers and major policyholders in complex and international disputes before the Belgian courts. His practice covers a wide range of contentious and litigation matters including, (re)insurance disputes, marine matters, transport (by road, air and sea), commercial disputes, product and professional liability.

Dries practices in Dutch, French and English.

Dries is the author of several publications on transport law related topics in national and international journals, and often speaks at international seminars on these topics. He also contributed to the fourth edition of Kennedys’ Global Legal Handbook, one of our most popular guides, which outlines the main legal and procedural issues that case handlers may encounter when dealing with claims across 53 jurisdictions globally.

Dries is a Regional member for EMEA of the Kennedys Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group, and is a member of the Belgian Civil Drone Council.

Prior to joining Kennedys, Dries interned in at another renowned international law firm and a large international insurer.

He graduated in 2018 with a Master’s degree from the University of Ghent, where wrote his thesis at the University of Ghent on the legal position of unmanned aerial, nautical and ground vehicles (magna cum laude). Dries represented the University of Ghent in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court, and still chairs as an arbitrator in the yearly Vis Moot Court. He obtained Bachelor’s degree at the University of Brussels (VUB) and participated in an Erasmus program in Paris.