Lawyer - Partner
Nicolas Bonbled holds a Licentiate in Law (UCLouvain, 2003), an LL.M. in Public International Law (EUR, 2004) and a PhD in Law (UCLouvain, 2009).
In 2004, he was awarded a grant from the Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) to write a doctoral thesis in constitutional law on the division of powers and minority rights in federal states.
He has been a member of the Brussels Bar since 2009. He first worked at NautaDutilh, then became a partner at Gérard & Associés in 2013. He joined Portico in 2017.
He has extensive experience in the various fields of public and administrative law, particularly in litigation. He regularly appears in proceedings before the Council of State, the Constitutional Court and the courts. He handles cases on a daily basis concerning the civil liability of public authorities, civil service and public services law, local government law and public economic law. He also has recognised expertise in fundamental rights and in language legislation (use of languages with and by public authorities).
He also pursues his academic activities as a professor at UCLouvain, where he teaches public law and rights and freedoms. He also taught these subjects at the ULB as a substitute lecturer (2014 to 2016). He regularly speaks at conferences and seminars and is the author of numerous academic articles in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law and human rights.
He has co-edited the journal Annales de droit de Louvain since 2013.
Constitutional law; administrative law; public authority liability.