Pauwels Law Group · Logistics & Transport

Legal support for shipping lines, terminal operators, and forwarders. CMR/COGSA, charter parties, and port concessions.

Advising on CMR liability, driver regulations (social package), and cabotage. We handle cross-border road freight litigation.

Montreal Convention, cargo liability, ground handling agreements. Experience with integrators and freight forwarders at Liège and Brussels airports.

Contracts for storage, fulfilment, and 3PL/4PL arrangements. Inventory liability, WMS licensing, and bond management.

EU transport corridors

North Sea‑Baltic Antwerp, Rotterdam, German ports – customs & cabotage

Rhine‑Alpine Rail freight, combined transport, infrastructure access

Customs & transit NCTS, TIR, Union status, Brexit adjustments

Luc Van den Bossche – Customs & trade, head of logistics practice

Karim Alami – Transport litigation, CMR & Montreal disputes

Elena Ceulemans – Warehousing & distribution real estate

plus 5 dedicated associates

“Pauwels Law Group handled our CMR claim against an Italian carrier and recovered €190k in six months. Their sector knowledge made the difference.”

— Legal manager, Belgian freight forwarder

Alternative fuels, emissions trading, ESG reporting for logistics.

Automated warehouses, liability for AGV, supply chain AI.

Our equity‑for‑debt model applied to logistics insolvencies.