Koen de Puydt

Koen de Puydt graduated in 1998 with a degree in Communication Sciences (VUB), while he worked for the independent music magazine as a journalist. After his studies, he continued his career as a music journalist. At the same time, he obtained his Licentiate Degree in Law, specializing in Public Law at the VUB (2002). In 2009, he obtained a Master of Business Law at the University of Antwerp.

In 2002, Koen joined a Brussels niche firm specializing in administrative law (urban planning and environmental law, expropriations, government contracts, and protection legislation). In the meantime, he remained responsible at a law firm relating to commercial, economic, and intellectual property law.

He was responsible for matters relating to urban planning and environmental law, real estate law, government contracts, contracting law, commercial and economic law, corporate law, and intellectual property law. He also publishes on these matters. In 2010, Koen became a partner at the firm, leading the real estate, construction law, and corporate law units.

Since 2002, he has been lecturer for Contracts, Assignments, and Mandates at Syntra Brussels in the vocational training for real estate agents. In the course for Real Estate Experts, Koen teaches about construction law. He is the initiator of the Property Codex, a collection of legal texts tailored to the real estate professional. The codex is used throughout Flanders in the vocational training of the real estate agents within Syntra.

In August 2012, Koen co-founded the law firm ORYS. In April 2019, Koen, together with Leo Peeters and his team, founded Seeds of Law, which has since 2024 become Andersen in Belgium,

Koen de Puydt has many publications to his name and regularly gives formations to real estate professionals.