Sven Vernaillen graduated in law from the University of Antwerp (1997). He has been a lawyer at the Bar of Antwerp since 1 October 1997 and a lawyer/partner with GSJ advocaten since 2005.

Sven specialises in general administrative law and public law. In the course of his career, he has become an expert in soil law, eminent domain law, expropriations, public contracts, concessions and energy law.

He has helped many government agencies and public-law institutions prepare and implement their public infrastructure and real estate projects.

Sven has acted as mediator in the context of administrative issues since 2014 and has for many years been giving courses at SYNTRA Flanders on general and advanced public and administrative law. In addition to giving lectures, training courses and seminars, Sven is the co-author of various legal publications.

Expertises

• Public law
• Quality of life (urban development and the environment)
• Complex projects (PPPs and urban development)
• Enforcement
• Domain goods / expropriation

Teams

• Administrative and environmental law