Brussels-headquartered Van Bael & Bellis has hired senior lawyers from Ashurst and Crowell & Moring to launch a London-based international trade group. 

Michelle Linderman is set to join the new team from Crowell & Moring, where she has spent six years as a partner in the firm’s international trade group. Prior to that, Linderman spent 20 years at Ince, having been a partner there since 2007, according to her LinkedIn profile. She will lead Van Bael’s U.K. trade team.