Practice areas

Practice areas
  • Administrative law

    Administrative law governs the relationships between citizens, businesses and public authorities. We assist our clients in understanding and challenging administrative decisions, in appeal procedures and in obtaining authorisations. Our expertise covers both upstream advice and litigation, notably before the Council of State.

    • Law of local, regional and federal authorities, as well as police zones and emergency services zones
    • Functioning of the administration, including public interest bodies
    • Administrative transparency (access to administrative documents)
  • Planning & environment

    Planning and environmental law governs land use planning, the protection of natural areas and the management of public property. We assist our clients in understanding and applying regulations, obtaining permits, and preventing and managing disputes. Our expertise covers both strategic advice and litigation, notably before the Council of State.

    • Town planning and spatial planning law
    • Environmental law
    • Expropriation law
    • Retail establishment permits
    • Administrative property law, public domain and public roads
    • Contaminated land remediation
    • Land and real estate policy
    • Nature conservation and protection of natural habitats, as well as wild fauna and flora
    • Seveso, air and climate
    • Heritage
    • Pre-emption rights
    • Right of establishment
  • Public economic law

    Public economic law governs activities in heavily regulated sectors and the relationships between economic operators and public authorities. We assist our clients in understanding and applying the rules on gambling, subsidies and unpaid debts, as well as in all sectors subject to specific regulation. Our expertise covers strategic advice and litigation support before the administrative courts.

    • Gambling
    • Subsidies
    • Administrative law in all regulated sectors (network industries, financial sector, insurance sector, etc.)
    • Unpaid debts
  • Constitutional law

    Constitutional law organises the separation of powers and guarantees respect for fundamental rights. We assist our clients in understanding and challenging legislative acts, handling disputes before the Constitutional Court, and drafting and transposing European and international standards into Belgian law. Our expertise covers both strategic advice and litigation support.

    • Division of powers
    • Disputes before the Constitutional Court
    • Assistance with drafting legislation, including the transposition of European and international standards into Belgian law
    • Fundamental rights
  • Public liability

    Public liability law governs the obligations and duties of public authorities and officials. We assist our clients in understanding and managing situations involving the liability of the State, local authorities or their officials, as well as that of public office holders. Our expertise covers both strategic advice and litigation before the competent courts.

    • Liability of the State, regions, communities, provinces, municipalities, etc.
    • Liability of public officials
    • Liability of public office holders
  • Civil service

    Civil service law governs the careers, rights and obligations of statutory and contractual staff. We assist our clients in managing their career development and in disciplinary proceedings. Our expertise covers both strategic advice and litigation support before the competent courts.

    • Careers and career development of statutory and contractual staff
    • Disciplinary proceedings
  • Public-private partnership

    Public procurement and contracts law governs the relationships between public authorities and private parties under regulated contracts. We assist our clients in the award, performance and management of public contracts, concessions, leases, building rights agreements and public-private partnerships. Our expertise covers both strategic advice and litigation support before the competent courts.

    • Public procurement
    • Service and works concessions
    • Purchase, sale, exchange, leases, building rights and long-term lease agreements
    • Public domain concessions
    • Public-private partnership

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