Nicolas Van der Maren

Bourgmestre de la Ville d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

I graduated in law magna cum laude from the University of Louvain (UCL) in 2006. I was admitted to the Brussels Bar and joined NautaDutilh that same year. I focused mainly on administrative and environmental law. Three years later, I left NautaDutilh to join the Institut du Patrimoine wallon (Institute for the Walloon Heritage) as a Legal Counsel for 15 months. I was in charge of the legal aspects of the public procurements and real estate fields. Since December 2010, I have been working for Fluxys where I have been foucsing on regulatory aspects of the Gas Transport Market. In the meantime and for four years, in september 2007, I was appointed Teaching Assistant at the University of Louvain (UCL) and I was member of the "Centre Montesquieu pour l'action publique" (a Research Center of the University). I published articles in the fields of public, administrative and environmental law. From August 2009 till June 2013, I have also been Chairman of the board of the Centre Nerveux asbl, a non-profit association which provides a framework for the development of activities and occupations for and by young people aged from 12 to 26 years. In October and November 2012, I was also elected to the "Conseil communal" (Town Council) of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and to the "Conseil de l'institut des Juristes d'entreprise" (the Council of the Compny Lawyers' assiociation). Member of the parti "Mouvement Réformateur" ("MR", the French-speaking belgian liberal party) I've been Vice-President of the "Jeunes MR du Brabant wallon" and President of the local section MR in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve for som years int he 2010's. Legal Manager of ENTSOG since 2016, I've been appointed as Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs as of 1st April 2021. Specialties: Public, Administrative and Regulatory law, Urbanism, Energy and Environmental law

Experience

  • Bourgmestre at Ville d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
    Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • ENTSOG (11 yrs 10 mos)
    • Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs
      Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

    • Legal Manager
      Jun 2016 - Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    • Legal Adviser
      Sep 2014 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Conseiller communal (Town Councillor) at Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve City
    Dec 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 7 mos

    I have been elected on October 2012, 14 Member of the Shadow cabinet (Town planning, Urbanism, education and youth)

  • Chairperson of the Board (Président) at Centre culturel du Brabant wallon
    Jun 2019 - Jun 2025 · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • Membre du Conseil/Member of the Board/raadslid at IBJ-IJE (Instituut voor bedrijfsjuristen - Institut des juristes d'entreprise)
    Dec 2017 - Dec 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo