The KEGELS & Co offices handle mainly commercial law matters and particularly matters related with the transport industry, international trade and related banking and insurance matters. Kegels & Co. lawyers are licensed to appear in all the Belgium Courts, the Cour de Cassation excepted, and in the European Courts.
The members of the firm have lectured on many occasions at National and International Conferences, and at various universities in Belgium and abroad on subjects related to their areas of practice specializations. Some examples are: "Enforced Sales of Vessels," Kluwer 1977, I.B.A.; "Arrest on Ships," Kluwer 1977, I.B.A., L.L.P. 1977; "Liens and Mortgages on vessels," Kluwer 1978; Registration of vessels in I.B.A., Kluwer 1987, I.B.A.; "The fire Exception in the Port of Antwerp," article in Liber Americorum L Tricot, Kluwer 1988; Belgium's New Law on Pilotage, Gard News, No. 114; Effects of European Law on Shipowners, Gard News, No. 116 & 118; Transfer of Ships within the EEC, Gard News, No. 125; The Belgian Wreck Removal Law De wrakkenwet, I.V.R. 1995, Antwerpen 1992; Arresting Ships, IBC (UK), 1995; Algemene Voorwaarden in de Havenpraktijk (General Conditions in Port Practice), Antwerpen, Apra 1992; Senders Liability in Land Transport, London 1987; Liens Affecting Title to Goods on the European Continent, Buenos Aires 1988; Major EEC issues affecting land Transport, Cannes 1994; Claims arising out of Collision, T.B.H., 1987; Transport Intermediaries under Belgian Law, Gent Mys & Breesch, 1996; Articles in Lloyds List on Arrest of Ships in Belgium, Lloyds List, 1998; Modificaciones Legislativas en el Derecho Maritimo Belga Desde 1988 a 1990; X, Anuario de Derecho Maritimo, Garraio Eta Herrilan, Saila, 1993, 461; "Claims Adjuster's Function According to Belgian Usages," Antwerp Maritime Law Report, 1994, 387; "The Vessel," in International Encyclopedia of the Laws, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Boston, Deventer 1994, 53; "Liability and Limitation of Liability in Maritime Law," in International Encyclopedia of the Laws, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Boston, Deventer 1994, 53; "Inland Navigation," in International Encyclopedia of the Laws, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Boston, Deventer 1994, 228; Belgian part of Maritime Law Handbook, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Boston, Deventer and the International Bar Association, December 1998; "Les Conférences Maritimes Face Aux Articles 85 et 86 du Traité de Rome," in Liber Amicorum Hubert Libert, Maklu, Antwerpen-Apeldoorn, 1999; "The Interpretation of Marine Insurance Contracts Under English Law and Under Belgian and French Law," Intersentia, Antwerp, Groningen, Oxford, 2000; "Shipagents and the commercial Agency Law in Belgium," Liber Amicorum Hubert Libert, Maklu, Antwerpen-Apeldoorn, 1999; "Pledge Rights of Belgian Freight Forwarders," 2000; "Assistance et Sauvetage, La convention de 1910 et le LOF 2000: Differences et Appreciation," Lloyds Anversois, 2001; "Incoterms 2000 and Cargo handling costs," 2001; "Maritime Fact Finding by the Nautical Commission with the Antwerp Court of Commerce," IBA Cancun 2001; "Arrest of Ships - The End of the Uniformity?" Liber Amicorum Robert Wijffels, Antwerpen, 2001; "Why Belgium is a Mecca for Ship Arrest, Fact-Finding and Cargo Claims" in The Maritime Advocate, July 2002; Inleiding tot de douanerechtelijke problematiek voor tussenpersonen in het goederenverkeer, p. 11-23, in X. Expediteurs en scheepsagenten. Het gewijzigde juridische landschap, Kluwer 2003, Antwerpen; Expediteurs, Pandrechten en voorrechten, p. 225-245, in X. Expediteurs en scheepsagenten. Het gewijzigde juridische landschap, Kluwer 2003, Antwerpen; De impact van de INCO-terms 2000 op de Goederenbehandeling, p. 279-206, in X., Stouwers, naties en terminal operators: het gewijzigde juridische landschap, Maklu 2003, Antwerpen; Belgium: What if its Ports are the Last Call, 2003; The rising of the Belgian Flag, 2005; Cargo Claims: Recent developments in Maritime Law in Belgium, Dubai 2006; Maritime and transport law in Belgium, the Baltic 2006; De commissionair-expediteur, Larcier 2006, Gent, 263 p.; La relation entre le port et le chargeur, 2007; Commissionair-expediteurs, Kluwer 2007, Antwerpen; Compensation for principal s termination of a long term freight agency relation ship, ILO 2008; Europese grondbeginselen inzake zeerecht, p. 3, in X., Grondbeginselen van Belgisch en Europees zeerecht, 2008; Handelsagentuur in het zeerecht, p. 267-306, in X., Grondbeginselen van Belgisch en Europees zeerecht, 2008; Hulpverlening (salvage) in zeerecht, p. 267-306, in X., Grondbeginselen van Belgisch en Europees zeerecht. Deel 3, ETL 2008, Antwerpen; Conflict between Arrest Convention and cross-border insolvency proceedings, ILO 2009; Arbitration and choice of law clause in a ship agency contract, ILO 2009; Navire saisie et procédure d insolvabilité: conflit?, DMF 2010, p. 610 - 621; Supreme Court rules on jurisdiction under CMR, ILO 2010; Supreme Court rules on application of CMR to non-transported goods, ILO 2010; New laws on prosecution of piracy, ILO 2010; Controversial ruling on demurrage and detention charges, ILO 2010; Goederenvervoer algemeen. Tussenpersonen en Hulppersonen, 2.3/1 - 2.3/64, in X, Transportgids, Kluwer 2010, Antwerpen; "The Rotterdam Rules and modern transport practices: a successful marriage?", speech delivered at the University of Helsinki in 2010; The Rotterdam Rules and modern transport practices: a successful marriage?, TVR 2011-1, p. 1-18; Supreme Court: liability of CMR carrier towards insured claimant, ILO 2011; Supreme Court on relationship between carrier and holder of bill of lading, ILO 2011; Ship arrest: piercing the corporate veil, ILO 2011; Supreme Court clarifies lien rights of carrier, ILO 2011
The members of KEGELS & Co are associated with various international organizations including the IBA (International Bar Association - especially the Subcommittee A [Shipping] and the CMI [International Maritime Committee]).