Bernauw Kristiaan

Kristiaan Bernauw

Counsel - office Ghent
kristiaan.bernauw@amboslaw.be

Kristiaan Bernauw (°1958), counsel, advises and represents domestic and international clients in litigations concerning questions of insurance law, transport law and commercial law. He is professor of law at the Ghent University and University of Antwerp, teaching transport law, insurance law and transport insurance law. He publishes in the field of insurance law and transport law.

Kristiaan Bernauw is a lawyer, admitted to the Ghent Bar Association in 1981. He had his own practice in maritime and transport law and insurance law (1981 till 2005) and was a partner at Bernauw & Allary Advocaten (2005-2010). He obtained a licentiate in law degree (1981) and a licentiate in criminology (1981) both at the Ghent University. He also obtained a licentiate in notaryship before the Central State Examination Board (1982), a Master of Laws (LLM in Air and Space Law) in 1986 at McGill University, Montreal Canada. In 1996 he was promoted at the Ghent University to Doctor of Laws (PhD) on the thesis "Delay in transport: Liability and Insurance".

Practice Areas

  • Insurance law
  • Transport law
  • Commercial law

  • Civil liability

Experience

  • Counsel, Ambos NBGO (2010)
  • Partner, Bernauw & Allary Advocaten (2005-2010)
  • Lawyer, Advocatenkantoor Kristiaan Bernauw (1981-2005)

  • Professor of Transport Law, Insurance Law and Transport Insurance Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghent (since 1997) and University of Antwerp (since 2006)

Education

  • Licentiate in Law (Ghent University 1981)
  • Licentiate in Criminology (Ghent University 1981)
  • Licentiate in Notaryship (Central State Examination Board 1982)
  • Master of Laws (LLM in Air and Space Law) (McGill University, Montreal Canada 1986)

  • Doctor of Laws (PhD) on thesis "Delay in Transport : Liability and Insurance" (Ghent University 1996)

Languages

  • Dutch (mother tongue)
  • French
  • English

  • German (passive)

Other positions

  • Auxiliary judge Court of Appeal Ghent (since 2005)
  • Consultant-expert in transport facilitation for intergovernmental organizations (World Bank - Washington USA, E.U. Commission - Brussels Belgium, Asian Development Bank - Manilla, The Philipines)(since 1996) in South East Asia, Central and South Asia and West Africa
  • Member, vice-chairman and acting chairman of the Insurance Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs (since 2005)
  • Chairman Insurance Ombudsman Service Supervision Board (since 2007)
  • Chairman Working Party "Transport Insurance" of the International Association for Insurance Law (AIDA) since 2002
  • Vice-chairman Belgian Section of AIDA (since 2004)
  • Secretary Flemish Institute for Maritime Law (since 2000)

  • Expert of the Commission for the Revision of the Belgian Maritime Law for the chapter on Transport Insurance (since 2008)

Military Career

  • Reserve officer : rank Lieutenant Colonel
  • Para and Commando certificates
  • Chairman Legal Committee Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR), 2002-2008

Other skills

  • Commercial pilot's license (aircraft) with multi-engine and IFR ratings (Oklahoma, USA 1989)
  • Motor vehicle driver's license all categories (A-B-C-D-E)

  • Motor/sailing boat operator's certificate

Publications