Justine Tixhon has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 2020. After working in the Litigation & White-Collar Crime department of the international law firm Allen & Overy until 2022, she then joined the criminal law team at Hirsch & Vanhaelst. She continued her practice within this team upon the creation of Hirsch & Bonneure.
Justine specializes in white-collar crime and international criminal law. She is also a teaching assistant in public international law at the KU Leuven Institute of International Law. She coaches the KU Leuven team for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
She holds an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and is authorized to appear before the Court of Cassation in criminal matters.
Justine is fluent in French, Dutch, and English.
Contact : j.tixhon@hb-lawyers.eu
Publications
M. Bonneure et J. Tixhon, Carte blanche dans l’Echo – « Criminalité en col blanc: le nouveau code pénal va sensiblement serrer la vis ».
W. Eyskens et J. Tixhon, « Audiences virtuelles en arbitrage international : une nouvelle réalité à maîtriser » in Liber Amicorum Xavier Dieux, Larcier, 2022.
Allen & Overy, « Towards enforcement of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation in Belgium », online article, 24 December 2021.
Allen & Overy, « Shaping the future: The increasing influence of human rights on business », online article, 10 February 2021.
G. Fuscoe et al., Dead Ends: No Path to Protection for Asylum Seekers under the Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement, Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute, 2020.