Marc DAL - Avocat associé - DALDEWOLF

Chambers Global – Global/Arbitration in Belgium Legal Rankings – 2026 

Marc Dal of DALDEWOLF assists clients with liability disputes in a range of sectors and has experience acting as president of ad hoc arbitration tribunals. He acts for a wide variety of clients including private individuals and multinational corporations.

Legal500 – Dispute resolution – 2026 

DALDEWOLF boasts a strong track-record on domestic and international litigation and arbitration files. A ‘great strategist’, Marc Dal offers expertise in corporate, commercial, and shareholder disputes and is regularly sought-after to act in CEPANI arbitration proceedings. […]

Testimonials

  • DALDEWOLF is a firm I trust because of the way it works: clear thinking, steady judgment, and a genuine commitment to getting things right. The team handles complex matters with a combination of technical strength and calm strategic focus that is rare. What stands out most is the level of partner involvement—real, consistent, and not just nominal. Clients benefit from a practice that is agile, attentive, and able to navigate cross-border issues without losing sight of practical realities. Collaboration inside the firm is smooth and efficient, and the approach to fees is transparent, which clients appreciate. The team’s international mindset and ability to work seamlessly in multilingual environments strengthen its position even further.
  • Marc Dal is a team leader with strong expertise in law and a sharp understanding of tactical aspects. Arnaud Hoc is an excellent lawyer, capable of providing precise and nuanced legal analyses and simplifying them for the client’s clear understanding. He is particularly valuable when it comes to navigating complex litigation where the law is not clearly established.
  • Marc Dal brings exceptional clarity to difficult cases. He goes straight to the essential points, and his way of structuring arguments makes even the most complex issues manageable. He is precise, thoughtful, and completely reliable. Thierry Bontinck is someone whose judgment you can trust immediately. He understands regulatory and economic matters in depth, but what truly sets him apart is his ability to translate that into clear, workable advice. He is attentive, steady, and consistently helpful. […] Together, they form a team that is strong not only because of their skills, but because of their character and the way they work: straightforward, committed, and fully engaged.
  • The lawyers at Daldewolf are accessible, responsive, and highly attuned to the client’s strategic priorities.
  • ‘Marc Dal has that very special litigator sixth sense. He knows how to build a long term strategy and has very good client contact.’
  • ‘Marc Dal is a great strategist, always keeping his cool.’
  • ‘Marc Dal is very experienced, both pragmatic and knowledgeable. He is very pleasant to work with.’
  • ‘A truly international dispute firm.’
  • ‘Timely and appropriate advice.’

Marc Dal is the Vice-President of the French-speaking Order of Lawyers of the Brussels Bar. He is a partner at DALDEWOLF. He co-heads the Arbitration, Complex Litigation and Mediation team. He is also a member of the Corporate and Financial Law team.

Marc specialises in litigation management, litigating in court and arbitration proceedings. He has participated, as counsel and as arbitrator (co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator or presiding arbitrator), in more than fifty arbitration proceedings, both institutional (including ICC, CEPANI) and ad hoc (governed by civil law, common law or international law). Marc is a member of the board of the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI).  He regularly acts in complex civil and commercial disputes before the Belgian courts.

MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Arbitration
  • Complex litigation
  • Corporate law, mergers & acquisitions
  • Commercial contracts

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Member of the French-speaking Order of Lawyers of the Brussels Bar (1996)
  • Member of the Disciplinary Board of Appeal for lawyers
  • Professor of ethics at the training centre of the French Bar Association of Brussels
  • Member of the editorial board of the Journal des tribunaux
  • President of Kickcancer (public utility foundation)
  • Former Member of the Board of Directors of Cepani (Belgian Arbitration and Mediation Centre)
  • Former member of the Council of the Brussels Bar Association (2010-2013),
  • Former secretary of the Bar Association (2012-2013)
  • Former President of the Brussels Young Bar Conference (2009-2010)

EDUCATION

  • Master of Comparative Jurisprudence, New York University School of Law (1995)
  • Law degree, UCLouvain (1994)

RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Books

  • « L’arbitrage en droit belge et international », t. I – Le droit belge, 3rd ed., Brussels, Bruylant, 2015, 784 p. (with G.A. Dal, G. Keutgen and G. Matray).
  • « L’amiable composition : un pouvoir et un devoir », in Liber Amicorum Cepani (50 years of solutions), Wolters Kluwer, 2019, p. 79
  • « Du nouveau en matière de conciliation, médiation et droit collaboratif : la loi du 18 juin 2018 portant dispositions diverses en matière de droit civil et des dispositions en vue de promouvoir des formes alternatives des règlements des litiges », with C. Verbruggen, in b-Arbitra, 2018/2, p. 301
  • « Recueil des règles professionnelles de l’Ordre français des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles », with F. Bruyns, G. Cruysmans and M. Vlies, Anthemis, Limal, 2019, 708 p.
  • « L’avocat détaché en entreprise », with F. Bruyns, G. Cruysmans and M. Vlies, in Journal des tribunaux, Brussels, Ed. Larcier, 2019, p. 66 (706 p.)
  • « Report on the Belgian Arbitration Law », in International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration Law, Suppl. 104, Wolters Kluwer, Feb. 2019 (58 p.)
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