Kris Wauters

Belgium

Janson · Counsel Kris Wauters has been a lawyer since 1993 and specialises in public and administrative law. He became Counsel at Janson in 2012. He mainly deals with cases concerning economic public law (accreditations, mobility, state aid), public procurement, other government contracts (concessions, PPP,...), government liability, environmental law and energy law. Kris is professor at the Université catholique de Louvain since 2010, where he is a member of the public law sector and where he teaches various courses in administrative law, including public procurement law, energy law, public economic law and local authorities. Kris is also editor-in-chief of the only Belgian Review on public procurement and other government contracts (Marchés et contrats publics). He is moreover member of the Law Committee of het National Building Organisation giving advice on public procurement to the Federal Government. References Conducting the negotiation between a governmental institution and companies and reaching a settlement agreement Assisting companies before the council of state for a public contract signed with another tenderer and conducting the proceedings before the civil court to claim damages Advising and representing the Flemish government (roads and traffic agency) in a procedure introduced in extreme urgency by a tenderer to gain the suspension of the public contract Assisting a company in a claim for damages for a (annulled) law imposing a public burden for companies active in real estate Assisting the European Commission in a procedure of a tenderer for a claim of damages for a public contract Advising and representing the Flemish government (roads and traffic agency) in a procedure introduced by a tenderer to annul a public contract signed with another tenderer Providing advice to companies on litigation procedures and alternative solutions Assisting companies in negotiations with governmental institutions on PPP-contracts

Belgium