Stibbe

Public law

Partner

Bruno Lombaert has extensive expertise in public and administrative law. He combines both legal and academic skills for the benefit of public and private parties. Bruno mainly focuses on public procurement, public real estate projects, public financing and public sector taxation. Before joining Stibbe, he was an auditor magistrate for the Council of State (contentious section) for seven years. Bruno also participated in projects undertaken by the legislation department of the Council of State, which makes him an expert in drafting legislative and regulatory texts. In addition, he represents clients in contentious procedures before the Council of State, the Constitutional Court and the civil courts.

French, Dutch, English.

Member of the C.I.R.C.A. (Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en droit constitutionnel et en droit administratif) of the Law faculty at the Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles Member of the board of directors of the A.F.S.A. (Association francophone des sciences administratives) Member of the Public Law Commission of the Brussels Bar (2005–present) Member of the editorial boards of legal journals: Revue de droit communal, Administration publique, CDPK. Founding member of the online legal journal Droits fondamentaux et pauvreté.

Graduated in Law from the Université catholique de Louvain (1992) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1992 Assistant in public and administrative law at the public law department of the Université catholique de Louvain (1993–2001) Auditor magistrate for the Council of State (1997–2004) Assistant in public and administrative law at the Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles (2002–2006) Educational course and training in community law, organised by the Institute for European Studies of the Université libre de Bruxelles (2003) Lecturer on administrative law, including public procurement, at the Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles (2006–present) With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2007 (Partner since 2007) Specialist in administrative law and public procurement law (list OBFG 13.2 and 13.4), a title granted by the French-speaking Bar Association in Brussels