Jean-Pierre De Bandt

Knight Jean-Pierre de Bandt is a Belgian lawyer and was the President of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.

Education

From 1951 until 1953, he studied at the Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP) after which he graduated in law at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1956. In 1959, he graduated in economics at the Catholic University of Leuven. He obtained a LL.M. at Harvard Law School in 1960. In 1961, he obtained a "Licencié en sciences politiques et sociales" at the Université catholique de Louvain

Career

He started his career in 1961 as an associate at the "Frank Boas Law Office", where he became a partner in 1966 and stayed until 1969. From 1964 until 1974, he was a lecturer at the University of Antwerp. In 1969, he was admitted to the Brussels Bar and founded the De Bandt law firm. From 1969 until 1999 he was Chairman and Managing Partner of the lawfirm "De Bandt, van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch" in Brussels. From 1999 until 2001 he was partner of De Bandt, van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch. Since 2002, he is partner and Senior Counsel of "Linklaters De Bandt" (Brussels ). In addition he serves on the board of various non-profit organisations supporting musical causes. He is Chairman of non-profit organisation "Mont des Arts".

Bibliography

Geert van Istendael (ed.), Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Jean Gol, Jean-Pierre de Bandt, Sophie de Schaepdrijver, Hugo Schiltz, "Het nut van Belgie", Amsterdam, Atlas, 1993.

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* [http://www.debandt.com/locations/belgium/english/offices/OfficePersonDetail.asp?Localrelevantinfo=people&officeid=43&personid=436&LocalNavigationid=1019 Jean-Pierre De Bandt]
* [http://www.cmre.be/en/page.asp?ID=conseil Board of Management of the Queen Elisabeth Music Foundation]