Stibbe

Environmnent & Planning

Partner

France Maussion has a wide range of expertise in urban and planning law, general public law and real estate law. She has been with the firm for many decades and is one of the key members of the Environment & Planning practice.

France mostly focuses on urban (re)development projects that require combined expertise in real estate, planning law and public procurement. She mainly focuses on projects in the Brussels Capital and Walloon Region. France also has expertise in matters regarding zoning and planning, environmental law, public procurement, PPP, public contracts, and expropriation. She is also highly active in real estate transactions and construction law in general and has extensive experience in editing laws and decrees in the fields of planning and environmental law. In addition, France has built up a strong expertise in contentious proceedings before the Council of State, the Constitutional Court and other national courts at all levels.France is one of a few lawyers in Belgium who combines and applies her knowledge of real estate law, public law and planning law in her day-to-day legal practice, which makes her particularly qualified for multidisciplinary projects. Her clients include public entities at all levels, real estate developers and investors, construction companies, architectural firms, hoteliers, retailers, parking companies, etc.

French, English, Dutch.

Former jury member (as the representative of the ULB) of the Elizabeth Haub prize for environmental law matters Member of the Center for Public Law within the Faculty of Law of the ULB Member of the Groupe Universitaire Interdisciplinaire du Développement Urbain et Rural of the ULB Member of the ULB Electoral Commission Member of the Public Law Commission of the Brussels Bar

Graduated in Law from the Université libre de Bruxelles (1972) Recipient of the René Marcq prize awarded by the Université libre de Bruxelles (1972) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1972 With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 1972 (Partner since 1980) Master’s degree in Economic Law from the Université libre de Bruxelles (1973) Certificate of professional training at the Bar of Cassation (1982) Former professor at the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Applied Sciences (Institut de l’Urbanisme), and the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management of the Université libre de Bruxelles (until 2015) Granted the title of Professeur de l’Université (University Professor) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)