Public & Administrative Law

• Assisted the Belgian Federal Government in establishing the regulatory framework for the development of the wind farms to be built in the Princess Elisabeth Zone off the Belgian coast and in notifying the European Commission of the State aid scheme.
• Represented a Belgian construction company in a challenge against a contract award decision by a public-private partnership in the Antwerp port area.
• Successful Council of State litigation against the Belgian Federal Government relating to the new regulatory framework on ventilation- and air purification requirements of public venues.
• Represented a Belgian electricity producer and supplier in proceedings before the Belgian Constitutional Court contesting a nuclear windfall tax.
• Representing a trade association before the Council of State challenging government reforms to the healthcare system and lobbying on behalf of trade organizations to overcome barriers for the launch of medicinal products.
• Assisted a US defense company with a submission for a Public-private partnership project initiated by the Flemish Government, involving the DBFM of a mother vessel and three fast tender vessels.
• Assist one of the largest dredging companies in the world in its bid for the construction of a new bridge, in a project with a public procurement value of over EUR 250 million.
• Represented a telecommunications operator as intervener in an appeal by several individuals and associations against its temporary 5G spectrum licenses.
• Representing a major player in the gambling sector in two procedures before the Belgian Constitutional Court challenging a ban on advertising for games of chance.
• Advised an energy holding on resolving bidding process irregularities and subsequent remedial actions, including government communications, within the framework of a hydrogen project.
• Represented a client in an appeal against a letter by the Belgian Ministry of Health restricting the use of certain additives in tobacco products.
• Assisted Event Confederation and its members in litigation against the Flemish Government's single-use plastics regulation.
• Representing a sports betting operator and a group of newsagents in proceedings before the Council of State challenging restrictions on the possibility to offer sports betting in press shops.
• Representing a manufacturer of cigarette paper and filters in proceedings before the Council of State challenging neutral packaging laws.
• Represented Belgian gaming operators in appeals before the Council of State challenging a royal decree that restricted advertising for online games of chance and the use of bonuses.
• Advise a postal group on the public procurement and State aid aspects of initiatives to support access to e-government services and digital inclusion of vulnerable groups.
• Successfully challenged a royal decree creating an additional betting license and reserving it exclusively to the National Lottery.
• Represented a television production company in an appeal against an amendment to the tax shelter law before the Belgian Constitutional Court.
• Advise a multinational aerospace and defense company on the scope of the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) on bids in public tenders in the EU, as well as on how to prepare for notifications.
• Acted before the Belgian Constitutional Court in a challenge to the constitutionality of federal energy saving legislation and the way in which these affect landlords' ability to apply consumer price indexes to automatically increase rent.
• Litigation on behalf of the Belgian Federal Government regarding the refusal of permits to asylum seekers.

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– Legal 500 EMEA, 2025