Johan Vande Lanotte
Senior legal counsel in human rights and constitutional law
Legal assistent: Sonina Decoo
+32 (0)9 269 10 69
sonina.decoo@vsadvocaten.be
Johan Vande Lanotte has built a vast experience and expertise as a professor of constitutional law and as a company director. As Senior Legal Counsel he helps to internationalise VSA and pushes the firm to engage in out-of-the-box analyses of social issues in order to broaden its horizons and build new expertise.
Johan Vande Lanotte said goodbye to politics at the end of 2018 in order to focus exclusively on the law. As well as having been a successful politician, he holds an honorary position as Minister of State and is professor of constitutional law and human rights by special appointment at Ghent University. He is also a basketball fan and poetry enthusiast.
The firm is increasingly aware of the importance of defending human rights and has actively risen to the challenge. In this context, Johan Vande Lanotte uses his expertise in the fields of constitutional law and human rights to contribute to the firm’s international expansion.
Johan is also active within the Corporate Law practice, one of the areas in which Van Steenbrugge Advocaten specialises. As a former Minister of Economy and initiator of the Code of Economic Law, he will actively guide the practice group.
More generally, Johan will coach the firm’s young, talented team, pushing them to wander off the beaten track, challenging them to think out of the box, and thus placing the lawyer’s role in a broader, social perspective.
A strong government is necessary for our prosperity and safety. But a strong government needs strong oversight. Individual rights guaranteed by our constitution and international treaties ensure this. Our task is to enforce them.
