In 2014, Chris Schijns (1984, Genk) decided to return to his first love, the legal profession. He joined Adlex advocaten & bemiddelaars on 1 November 2014 as a partner, where he focuses on public and administrative law, particularly spatial planning, expropriations, environmental law, local authorities, officials and public procurement. He is also a certified mediator and collaborative lawyer.
In July 2009, he graduated with distinction as Master of Laws from the Free University of Brussels, majoring in public and administrative law. In January 2011, he completed the ongoing programme climate and energy law with the Institute for Environmental and Energy Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He commenced his internship with the law firm Monard-D’Hulst in Hasselt in 2009. In the summer of 2013, he entered the world of business where he served as in-house legal counsel at PPP & Real Estate with Belgium’s largest real estate group AG Real Estate.
In the summer of 2014, he decided to return to his first love, the legal profession, at Adlex advocaten & bemiddelaars. Since 1 September 2012, he has also been associated with the University College Leuven-Limburg (UCLL) for ‘Environmental Law’, ‘International and European Law’ and internship guidance within the Business Management programme – option Legal Practice. He is a regular speaker at Confocus, SPRYG – Real Estate Academy and Escala, and publishes regularly in the Journal of Environmental and Energy Law. Chris Schijns is also co-author of the leading Construction Law Handbook as well as of the Annotated Environmental Law Code and Guide to Belgian Expropriation Law (Wegwijs in het Belgische onteigeningsrecht). In 2021, Chris Schijns strengthened his mediation skills and became a ‘collaborative lawyer’ after completing an extensive training course. Currently, Chris Schijns specialises as a ‘mediator in administrative matters’ at the KU Leuven.
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