Agreement Between the American Bar Association and the French Language Order of the Brussels BarAgreement Between the American Bar Association and the Brussels Bars • November 14th, 2003
GENERALLY 1. Type of Multijurisdictional Practice addressed Establishment (defined as “resident or regularly present in Brussels and maintain respective establishments in brussels from which they provide legal services”) See Whereas Clause Note: US lawyers may register as either of 2 different kinds of FLC’s - B List or Joint List lawyers 2. Definition, if any Established U.S. lawyers are defined as “resident or regularly present in Brussels and maintain respective establishments in Brussels from which they provide legal services,” see Whereas Clause 3. Any reciprocity requirement? YES, § 13 states: • a premise of the Agreement is the understanding that Belgian lawyers will “continue to have a reasonable and practical opportunity, either as legal consultants or as full members of the State bars in the United States, to carry on the practice of law in those States which currently permit such practice and that existing rules permitting such practice will not be made more restrictive. T
