COTTYN is a medium-sized solicitor’s office with branches in Flanders, Brussels and various East European capitals. COTTYN offers legal services to private persons as well as to companies. COTTYN commits itself to provide high quality tailor-made service within a short space of time at competitive rates for each client. COTTYN was established in 1978 through the merger of three Flemish one-man businesses. When a healthy basis had been developed in the main office in Aalst over a 15-year period, offices were opened in Brussels and then in various East European countries. During this expansion, the office always kept a balance between private and professional practice as well as the litigation & consultancy practice, because of which both groups and types of service are still on the increase. The steady growth and the ever increasing expertise were confirmed by COTTYN’s inclusion in the Legal 500, the leading international legal guide that recommends the best offices and solicitors per country. Legal 500 about COTTYN: “High quality and speed of execution are their chief advantages”.