Ms Kathleen De hornois > Deloitte Legal > Zaventem, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
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GATEWAY BUILDING, LUCHTAVEN NATIONAAL 1J
1930 ZAVENTEM
Belgium
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Ms Kathleen De hornois
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Work Department
Public, Regulatory and Permits
Position
Kathleen became Managing Partner of Deloitte Legal – Lawyers on 1 October 2021. She is also head of the Public, regulatory and permits team and a member of the Real estate practice. With a background both as an attorney and a company lawyer, Kathleen has extensive experience in administrative law, public procurement, public-private partnerships, environment law, urban planning and real estate in general. From 2018 to 2019, Kathleen was the firm’s Eminence partner.
Career
Kathleen began her career in 1999 as a lawyer at DLA Piper, working in the public law department. In 2004, she moved to bpost as senior legal counsel in charge of all public and administrative law matters, and was the appointed representative of the state-owned companies in the federal commission on public procurement and thus involved in the preparation of all new legislation on public procurement in Belgium. In 2010, Kathleen then became Real Estate Manager within bpost, taking responsibility for the strategic, financial, administrative and operational management of the company’s property (1,000,000 m²).
At Deloitte Legal, Kathleen advises both public entities at local and European levels and private companies on different administrative law issues and represents them in court (both civil court as before the Council of State). With strong operational and project management skills, Kathleen focusses on providing preventive, hands-on, concrete, pragmatic and specialised legal support. She is fluent in Dutch, French and English.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: Transport
A key name for clients from the transport and logistics sector as well as the ports and shipping sector, Deloitte assists public bodies and private corporations with issues encompassing PPPs, public transport mandates and passenger transport law. Corporate law specialist Marc Van tieghem co-heads the practice alongside public law expert Kathleen De hornois, who equipped to assist with the drafting of legislation pertaining to water and seaborne transport. Wim Naudts and Jasmine Coppens further extend the public law expertise at the firm.
Belgium > Industry focus: Energy
Deloitte Legal has a multi-disciplinary team of ‘excellent strategic thinkers‘ that is led by managing partner Kathleen De Hornois, a public procurement and PPP specialist who also advises on regulatory questions in connection with wind and solar power projects. Having played a key role in the development of regulations for hydrogen transportation, the team is now increasingly active in advising on the drafting of legal frameworks in the hydrogen space. Dominique Vanherck, a key adviser on climate and energy matters, is another highly recommended member of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Tax
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Transport
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Real estate and construction
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Private equity