Benoît Kohl

Real Estate & Construction

Of Counsel

Erasmus programme at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (1998–1999, 6 months) Graduated in Law from the University of Liège (1999) Admitted to the Bar of Liège in 2000 Master of Laws (LL.M.), specialisation in commercial law, from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2005) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2007 Doctoral degree from the University of Liège with a thesis on the prospects of European harmonization of construction law and real estate promotion (2008) With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2007 (Of Counsel since 2009) Recipient of the UPSI Award (2008) and the triennial Jean Rey Award (2010) for his doctoral thesis Visiting professor on European construction law at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (2010–present) Guest lecturer on European construction law at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, France (2010–present) Representing the Minister of Justice in the activities of the task force on Arbitration and Dispute Settlement of the UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law) (2014–present) Participating in the UNCITRAL task force on the reform of the law of obligations (2015–present) Ordinary professor and head of the department for law of obligations and contract law at the University of Liège; in charge of the programme of evening classes intended for construction professionals who wish to become legal experts Lecturer on commercial law at the HEC Management School of the University of Liège