Laura Grauer

Counsel

Laura Grauer specialises in public and administrative law, with a particular focus on public procurement and public contracts, including concessions and public-private partnerships (PPPs). She advises both public authorities and private operators on complex legal matters, combining extensive expertise in public law with a strong background in real estate.

Practices :

  • With nearly 15 years of experience, Laura has developed extensive expertise in public and administrative law, with a particular focus on public procurement and public contracts.

    She advises individuals, economic operators and public authorities on a wide range of matters, from complex administrative and constitutional proceedings to the drafting of legal opinions, contracts and legislative texts.

    Laura has developed particular expertise in public procurement law and public contracts, including traditional public procurement procedures, concessions and public-private partnerships (PPPs). She assists both contracting authorities and economic operators throughout the entire lifecycle of public contracts, from strategic planning and procurement procedures to contract performance.

    Her practice includes advising contracting authorities on the structuring and planning of procurement procedures, drafting tender documents, defining award criteria and contractual provisions, and selecting the most appropriate procurement procedures. She also advises on compliance with ESG requirements and sustainability principles in public procurement.

    Laura regularly represents clients in contentious and pre-contentious proceedings relating to public procurement, including challenges to award decisions and disputes arising during contract performance. She represents clients before administrative and judicial courts, including the Belgian Council of State.

    Alongside her legal practice, Laura is a teaching assistant in Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is also a member of PropTech Lab (Eightyseven /87), a community dedicated to promoting the digital and sustainable transformation of the construction and real estate sectors.

    In 2025, she was recognised as a Leading Associate in Real Estate by The Legal 500.

  • Education

    • Master of Laws, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 2010

    • LL.M. in European Law, King’s College London, 2011

    Bar: Brussels (2011)

    Languages: French, English, Polish

    • L. GRAUER, “Le fédéralisme belge face à la promotion des gaz renouvelables, dont l’hydrogène vert, au sein du système énergétique européen. Défis et tensions d’un constitutionnalisme à niveaux multiples », to be published in A.P.T. 2026.

    • L. GRAUER, « Les grands arrêts du droit administratif », sous la dir. de P. GOFFAUX, E. SLAUTSKY et J. SOHIER, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2021.

    • L. GRAUER, N. DE BACKER, « Les besoins d’intérêt général ayant un caractère autre qu’industriel et commercial », in Aux frontières des marchés publics, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2020, pp. 37-53.

    • L. GRAUER, N. DE BACKER, « L’arrêt de la Cour de justice du 6 juin 2019, ou la confirmation bienvenue d’une dérégulation partielle de certains services juridiques prestés par un avocat », L’Observateur de Bruxelles, n° 120, avril 2020.

    • L. GRAUER, M. von KUEGELGEN, « Les marchés publics de services financiers, Etat général de la question et aspects particuliers », Chronique des marchés publics 2014-2015, pp. 951-989.

    • L. GRAUER, Th. DERVAL, « Infraction urbanistique et illicéité de l’objet du contrat de vente : un trait d’union ténu », R.G.D.C. / T.B.B.R., 2015, pp. 422-435.

    • L. GRAUER, « Wonen in eigen streek": une entrave aux droits de séjour et de circulation du citoyen européen», obs. sous C.J.U.E., 1re ch., 8 mars 2013, Journal des Tribunaux, 2011