Practice Expertise

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory Law

Areas of Practice

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory Law
  • Energy
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WSG Practice Industries

WSG Leadership

  • Energy Group - Member
  • Public Procurement Group - Member
  • WSG Coronavirus Task Force Group - Member

Profile

William advises clients on all types of regulatory issues (administrative law) and represents clients before the courts and before the Council of State, Belgium’s highest administrative court. William particularly focuses on public procurement law: he regularly assists tenderers, contractors and contracting authorities in tender proceedings and in the performance of public contracts. His team has also been involved in several public-private partnerships (PPPs).

Furthermore, William has developed strong expertise in the energy and pharmaceutical sectors and often advises companies on the Belgian legal framework in these fields.

William also has extensive experience in all areas of real estate law, advising clients on a broad range of real estate matters in both public and private law. He focuses on environmental and town planning issues.

Bar Admissions
Brussels Bar: 1996

Education
LL.M. (Harvard Law School)
Erasmus Exchange Programme (University of Salamanca)
Lic. Juris (University of Leuven)

Areas of Practice

  • Administrative Law
  • Environmental
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory Law
  • Energy

Professional Career

Professional Associations
Member of the Lawyers Association for Public Law
Member of the Forum for Environmental Lawyers (Forum milieuadvocaten)
Member of the Professional association of the Real Estate Sector (De Beroepsvereniging van de Vastgoedsector - BVS)
Regular speaker for the VVA (Vlaamse Vereniging voor Aanbestedingsrecht)
Regularly publishes on soil pollution, zoning and public procurement, particularly on judicial protection under European and Belgian law
Together with tax law firm Tiberghien, ALTIUS regularly publishes the ‘Real Estate Gazette’. Both firms are also partner of REALTY, Belgium’s premier real estate fair



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