Maria-Clara Van den Bossche
Counsel - Attorney at Law
Maria-Clara Van den Bossche, attorney at law, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Brussels office. She specialises in the resolution of complex commercial disputes.
Brussels
Dutch, English, French
Maria-Clara specialises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on class actions and enforcement matters. As an all-round litigator, she has extensive experience in cross-border litigation, the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards—including against sovereign entities—market practices, and disputes in the digital economy. Through her involvement in most of the class actions initiated in Belgium to date, as well as several publications on the topic, she has developed deep expertise in this field. Maria-Clara represents clients in a wide range of proceedings before the Belgian courts.
She is a member of the firm-wide US Region Team and part of the Digital Economy and ESG focus groups. In 2022-2023, she was seconded to the New York representative office of Loyens & Loeff, followed by a secondment at a tech company in 2024. Before starting her career as a lawyer, she gained experience at the European Commission, where she interned at the Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.
Maria-Clara previously served as President of the Dutch-speaking Brussels Bar Association (VPG) (2019-2020) and is currently a member of the Council of the Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten).
Contributions
Memberships
• International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
• ITechLaw (International Technology Law Association)
• IBA (International Bar Association)
• President of the Dutch-speaking Brussels bar association (VPG), 2019-2020
• Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten), 2015
• Member of the Council of the Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten) (2024-2025)
Qualifications
Master in Law, Universiteit Gent (Belgium), 2014
Certificate of the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) (Human Rights Law LLM during Erasmus semester), 2013
Certificate of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) (Short course in International Human Rights Law), 2013
Publications
• Boularbah, H., Van den Bossche, M.-C. (2025). Class, collective, and representative actions in Belgium: key issues, Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law.
• van der Haegen, O., Van den Bossche, M.-C. (2024). Procedural issues: Annulment, recognition and enforcement of investment treaty awards (ICSID and non-ICSID), International Arbitration and EU law (2nd edition), Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Boularbah, H., Van den Bossche, M.-C. (2021). The Class Action Law Review, The Law Reviews, Law Business Research Ltd, Camilla Sanger (5th ed.).
• van der Haegen, O., Van den Bossche, M.-C. (2021). Enforcement of investment treaty awards against sovereign states in a landscape of sovereign immunity, Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards, a global guide (2nd edition)) Enforcement of investment treaty awards against sovereign states in a landscape of sovereign immunity (in Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards, a global guide (2nd edition), Globe Law and Business.
• Boularbah, H., Van den Bossche, M.-C. (2021). Recent developments in case law and legislation in Belgium, Mass Claim Journal, Den Hollander.
• Boularbah, H., Van den Bossche, M.-C. (2021). The Class Action Law Review, The Law Reviews, Law Business Research Ltd, Camilla Sanger (5th ed.).
Maria-Clara Van den Bossche
Counsel - Attorney at Law
maria-clara.van.den.bossche@loyensloeff.com
Brussels
Dutch, English, French
<p>Maria-Clara Van den Bossche, attorney at law, is a member of the Litigation & Risk Management practice group in our Brussels office. She specialises in the resolution of complex commercial disputes.</p>
Maria-Clara specialises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on class actions and enforcement matters. As an all-round litigator, she has extensive experience in cross-border litigation, the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards—including against sovereign entities—market practices, and disputes in the digital economy. Through her involvement in most of the class actions initiated in Belgium to date, as well as several publications on the topic, she has developed deep expertise in this field. Maria-Clara represents clients in a wide range of proceedings before the Belgian courts.
She is a member of the firm-wide US Region Team and part of the Digital Economy and ESG focus groups. In 2022-2023, she was seconded to the New York representative office of Loyens & Loeff, followed by a secondment at a tech company in 2024. Before starting her career as a lawyer, she gained experience at the European Commission, where she interned at the Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.
Maria-Clara previously served as President of the Dutch-speaking Brussels Bar Association (VPG) (2019-2020) and is currently a member of the Council of the Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten).