A new arrival at Portico

We are delighted to announce that Baptiste Appaerts joined the Portico team in August 2024.

In 2023, Baptiste Appaerts graduated magna cum laude with a Master’s degree in Public and International Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

In 2022, he took part in the Erasmus exchange programme and studied at Sapienza University of Rome.

Since September 2023, he has been practising as a lawyer specialising in public law in Brussels, with expertise covering several areas of Belgian public law. His main areas of interest include education law, civil service law, constitutional litigation, public service liability law and general administrative law.

Alongside his professional activities, Baptiste is a teaching assistant at the ULB, where he teaches constitutional law, and at UMons, where he teaches legal history.

Education and training

Université Libre de Bruxelles – UMons (Bachelor of Laws), 2021 [summa cum laude, Paul Foriers Prize]

Université Libre de Bruxelles (Master’s in Public and International Law), 2023 [magna cum laude]

Brussels Bar (Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession), 2024

Languages

French and English

Portico looks forward to this new collaboration!