KOHL Benoît
Professeur ordinaire
Faculté de Droit, de Science politique et de Criminologie
Département de droit
Responsabilité et contrats
Cité
- ULiège address
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Bât. B31 Responsabilité et contrats
Quartier Agora
place des Orateurs 3
4000 Liège 1
Belgique
- Local
- Bureau I.18
- ULiège phone number
- +32 4 3663090
- ULiège Fax
- +32 4 3662952
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- Conseil sectoriel à la recherche et à la valorisation
- Sciences humaines
- Personal website (s)
- Unité de responsabilité et contrats
- University degrees
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2008 : Docteur en sciences juridiques (Université de Liège)
2005 : LLM in Commercial Law (University of Cambridge)
1999 : Licencié en droit (Université de Liège)
Biography
Benoît Kohl is a full professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Liège, where he heads the department for contract law and construction law. He is also a visiting professor of European construction law at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, where he teaches a course on european and international construction law. Benoît is the author of various publications on his areas of expertise and a regular guest speaker at seminars and conferences.
Benoît Kohl is also an attorney at the Brussels Bar. He focuses on real estate and construction law in a broad sense, including contract law, land law, and arbitration.
Besides negotiating contracts, drawing up legal advice and structuring operations in relation to the above areas of law, Benoît has dealt with various disputes before the courts and in arbitration procedures. He also often acts as an arbitrator in these matters.
Benoît holds a Master of Law (LL.M) specialising in commercial law from the University of Cambridge (2005), and a doctorate degree from the University of Liège (ULg) with his thesis dedicated to the prospects of European harmonisation of real estate promotion (2008). For his thesis, he was awarded several awards, and notably the triennial Jean Rey Award at the European Parliament in 2010.
In 2012, he was appointed President of the European Society of Construction Law (ESCL). He is also the co-President of the Belgian Society of Construction Law (ABDC) and was appointed as co-President of the CEPANI40 (the Young association of the CEPANI, the Belgian Centre for Arbitration)(2014-2018). He is currently member of the board of directors of the CEPANI. He also been appointed by the Belgian Minister of Justice to represent Belgium at the negotiation of the UNCITRAL instruments on arbitration and settlements agreements.
Benoît Kohl speaks French, Dutch and English. He is the author of several publications, mostly in the field of Contract Law, Construction Law and Real Estate, and Tort law
Research field
- Droit privé
- Droit comparé
- Droit administratif
Duties or mandates
- Professeur à la Faculté de droit de l'Ulg[BR]Avocat au Barreau de Bruxelles
- Professeur invité à l'Université de Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas)
Scientific distinctions
- Prix triennal Jean Rey (2010)
- Prix UPSI (Union Professionnelle du Secteur Immobilier) (2008)
- Prix Paul Tschoffen (Barreau de Liège) (2000)
- Prix Baron Constant (Ulg) (1999)