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Livia Van Severen

Livia Van Severen

Lead Lawyer
About

Livia Van Severen focuses on both European and Belgian regulation, with a particular focus on energy and contract law. She obtained a master's degree in law from the Catholic University of Leuven in 2018. During her study years, she also went on an Erasmus exchange to Durham University.

After graduating, Livia started her lawyer traineeship at DLA Piper in the Real Estate Department in 2018. There, she built expertise in drafting and negotiating several real estate transactions and contracts. She further deepened this expertise at another law firm based in Brussels.

She then joined the cabinet of Flemish Deputy Prime Minister Bart Somers where she began to focus more on energy, public and administrative law. She now applies this combined knowledge in the Litigation & Regulatory department at DLA Piper again.

Since a few years, she is also a teaching assistant at the Catholic University of Leuven. She teaches the course "Legal Methodology" and assists second Bachelor students in writing their first legal paper.

Professional QualificationsAdvocate registered with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten bij de Balie te Brussel
Education
  • Crash course company law, Fiscale Hogeschool
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Master of Laws, Cum Laude, 2018
  • Durham University, Erasmus exchange program, 2016-2017
Languages
  • Dutch
  • Inglés
  • French

Publications and media

  • L. VAN SEVEREN, “Werking in de tijd” in B. TILLEMAN en B. DEVOLDER, Weens Koopverdrag, Brugge, Die Keure, 2022, 160-165

Prior Experience

2022 to 2023, Legal advisor, Cabinet of Flemish Deputy Prime Minister Bart Somers

2021 to 2022, Lawyer, Brussels based law firm

2018 to 2021, Lawyer, DLA Piper, Brussels Office

Additional News

  • Teaching assistant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, course “Legal Methodology”

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Dutch-speaking Brussels Bar

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