Michael J. Belle abides by the statutory rules and protections of the Belgian Judicial Code, notably in respect of professional secrecy and independence, and the cumulated application of the ethical rules of the Bars of Brussels and Antwerp.

Upon any file opening, Michael J. Belle applies a strict verification of existing or potential conflicts of interests, through its File Management Software identifying conflicts and by internal general announcement of all file openings to identify potential sources of conflicts.

Confidential information is subject to state-of-the-art protection via firewall, encryption, secured internet access, secured archives and file localization, and restricted internal access to confidential information. Michael J. Belle and staff members are obviously bound to strict confidentiality by law and by contract.