Stibbe

Public law

Partner

Combining both academic and pragmatic expertise with excellence, David D'Hooghe covers all matters related to public law in the broadest sense. He focuses mainly on public procurement, a field in which he is highly regarded by clients and peers. David is known and recognised for his excellent expertise in public procurement, PPPs, public infrastructure, and constitutional law. Throughout his career as a lawyer and thanks to his long-standing academic career, David has built up in-depth knowledge of public procurement law at national and European level. In this area, he offers full assistance from providing legal advice and representation before courts to project management. He also regularly advises on public contracts and governmental liability.David acts daily as legal advisor to regional and federal governments and on behalf of various government authorities and public and private companies active in diverse sectors such as health care, education, real estate, transport, construction and social housing. In addition, he handles numerous proceedings before the Belgian Constitutional Court, the Council of State and the civil courts. Moreover, he has extensive experience in editing laws and decrees.

Dutch, French, English.

Member of the Vlaamse Vereniging voor Aanbestedingsrecht (Flemish procurement law association) Member of the Genootschap Advocaten Publiekrecht (the Belgian society for lawyers practising public law) Member of the editorial staff of the Administratieve Rechtsbibliotheek

Graduated in Law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1985) Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, United States (1986) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1986 With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 1986 (partner since 1996) Doctoral degree from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven with a thesis on public procurement (1993) Part-time professor of administrative law courses (economic administrative law and legal protection against public authorities and public authorities instruments) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1996–present) Certificate of completion for the Mediating Disputes programme at Harvard Law School, United States (October 2019) Approved mediator (2020)