Mr Olivier Drooghmans > PwC Legal > BRUSSELS, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

PwC Legal
Woluwedal 18
1932 Sint-Stevens-Woluwe
BRUSSELS
Belgium

Work Department

Real estate, public business law

Position

Senior Managing Associate, PwC Legal BV/SRL

Career

As a Senior Managing Associate in the Real Estate practice at PwC Legal, Olivier deals with various real estate related matters. He has a special focus on administrative and public law, such as zoning and planning and environmental law, including criminal and civil law issues such as liability cases. He also advises on the legal aspects of project development, expropriation and conducts due diligences on administrative and public law matters.

His daily work mainly consists in lodging or acting in administrative appeals (deputations, Council for Permit Disputes, Council of State) and advising on zoning and planning and environmental law. He also assists in law enforcement procedures regarding breaches of zoning and planning law, environmental law and housing standards. He also advises and assists clients in procedures regarding social and economic permits.

Olivier assists and advises a variety of clients, such as developers, private companies, multinationals, public authorities, investors, etc.

Professional background

2020 – present

Senior Managing Associate, PwC Legal – Member of the Antwerp Bar

2018 – 2020

Managing Associate, PwC Legal – Member of the Antwerp Bar

2017 – 2018

Senior Associate, PwC Legal

2013 – 2017

Laywer, DLA Piper

Languages

Dutch, English, French

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Environment

PwC Legal has extensive experience in real estate matters and consequently handles significant environmental work, with clients praising the group’s ‘high expertise and knowledge of market practice‘. New hire and practice co-head Tom Villé, previously of Eubelius, ‘knows his cases really well and looks for solutions‘. His broad real estate knowledge complements the administrative, public, and real estate law expertise of practice co-head Els Empereur. Olivier Drooghmans frequently handles zoning, due diligence, and energy-related matters.