Jan De Groote
Jan De Groote graduated cum laude from Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He began his internship in 2016 at the Brussels Bar.
He is now a lawyer with a special interest in human rights and constitutional law including the division of powers within the Belgian State. Jan’s areas of expertise include special aspects of criminal procedure and defendants’ rights, environmental law including its criminal aspects, and administrative law and penalties. He also assists clients in planning and construction law, contract law, and law on seizure and enforcement.
Lastly, he has relevant experience in private international law, commercial law and contract law in the broad sense (including liability law). He regularly appears before the Supreme Court, the Council of State and the Constitutional Court.
Jan De Groote is also an active volunteer scientific collaborator at the Faculty of Law and Criminology, Department of Public Law, at the VUB.
He was also recently appointed a visiting professor at the same university. His expertise in law, human rights and administrative law will be a valuable contribution to academic life.
He has a broad interest in law and has knowledge of Common Law, German law, Dutch law and French law. He also has several opinion publications in the media to his credit.
He is also president of the VUB alumni association OSB VUB vzw and is a reserve soldier in the Belgian Army.
Studies
Vrije Universiteit Brussel: master’s degree in law – 2016
Bar
Member of the Brussels Bar from 04/04/2016 to 08/04/2021
Member of the Dendermonde Bar Association since 08/04/2021
‘Cassation in criminal cases’ certificate (Order of Flemish Bars)
Expertise
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- English
- German
Specialisms
- Public and Administrative law
- Insurance, traffic and liability
- Construction law
- Civil law
- Criminal law and criminal procedure
- Economic law
- Real estate law
- Constitutional law
- Seizure and foreclosure law
Seminars
- Bar Association Limburg – Brussels Law Alumni May 31, 2021: Covid and fundamental rights (24/03/2021)
- Between pandemic and democracy: the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on our fundamental and human rights (17/11/2020)
Publications
- De Groote, J. (2021). Breekt de nood grondwet. Today’s Lawyer. 2, 2-5.
- De Groote, J. (2021). Het bewijs van het opzet in het stedenbouwstrafrecht: bekent het Hof van Cassatie kleur(loosheid)?. Noot onder Cassatie, 3 May 2016. 364-372.
- De Groote, J. (2016). De bovengrens der fout en de ondergrens van het opzet: een doctrinale en rechtsvergelijkende analyse. Aprildossier 66-97.
Jan in his own words
A creative solution with a sense of pragmatism. That’s what I’m going for.
