Koenraad Frans Julia Geens#
| Membership Number: | 3442 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.koengeens.be |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1993 full professor KU Leuven Law Faculty (associate professor since 1986)
- Since 1986 director Jan Ronse Institute for Company Law KU Leuven
- Since 2007 Member of the Belgian Corporate Governance Commission
- Since 2009 Head of the Research Unit Economic Law
- Since 2011 Chairman of the Appointments Committee and of the Evaluation Committee of the Law Faculty KU Leuven (since 2010-’11)
- Since 2010 Chairman Board of Directors of the Thomas More University College of KU Leuven in the Antwerp province
- Since 2010 Chairman (Council of Wise Men, Flanders in Action) of Scientific Government Program
- Founding partner of Eubelius attorneys (established 1994)
- Since 2011 Member Board of Directors NV BNP Paribas Fortis
- Academic Secretary Law Faculty (1990-1993)
- Chairman High Council of Economic Professions (1992-2000)
- Chairman Educatiion Committee of Law Faculty KU Leuven (1995-2012)
- Chairman of the Federation of Liberal and Intellectual Professions (1999-2005)
- Chief of Staff for Socio-Economic Affairs to the Flemish Minister-President (July 2007 - February 2009)
Fields of Scholarship
- Company Law (national, european and comparative)
- Partnership Law
- Financial Markets Regulation
- Legal ethics and professional regulation
Honours and Awards
- 2004-2005 Holder of the national "Francqui Chair" at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (2004-2005) : "How Company Law Launched a Reverse Takeover on Financial Markets Regulation and its Overriding Principle of the Just Price"
- 1989 Baron Emile van Dievoet Prize awarded to the candidate's Ph.D thesis on the regulation of the liberal professions (1986)
- 1987 Biennial State Prize of the Flemish Community for law and Economics awarded to the same Ph.D thesis
