Jean-Noël Bastenière

Praetica Waterloo

Jean-Noël Bastenière graduated from the “Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve” (UCL). He is a member of the Nivelles Bar since 1991.

His career developed through:

functions at the Bar:

  • he is the President of the Nivelles Bar Association since 1 September 2013;
  • prior to his presidency, he was the President Elect of the Nivelles Bar Association (2012-2013) and 
  • the President of the Nivelles Young Bar Association (1996-1997).

activities as a lawyer:

  • Jean-Noël BASTENIERE is a receiver on the list, approved by the Nivelles Commercial Court;
  • he was the President of the receivers of the Nivelles judicial district (2007-2009);
  • he is an alternate cantonal judge/Justice of the Peace in the Braine judicial “canton”.

academic activities:

  • he teached at EPHEC between 1991 and 1998;
  • he teaches at CPFB Louvain-La-Neuve since September 2005.

Jean-Noël BASTENIERE’s main practice areas are corporate law, commercial law, criminal law and companies in difficulty.

Jean-Noël BASTENIERE, who was one of the founders of the law firm Waterlaw in 2004, joined Praetica in January 2015 with his Waterlaw partners and associates.