Patrick Baeten

Area of specialisation

• Construction, Engineering Arbitration Corporate Law / M&A Competition Energy and Natural Resources Investment / Public International Law

Bar admission

• Belgium

Experience with legal system

• Belgium
• Brazil
• France
• United Arab Emirates
• Canada
• Germany
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• Hungary
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• United States

Professional experience

Patrick Baeten graduated in law from the University of Ghent and holds an LLM in international and European law from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve.
He joined ENGIE in 1996 after three years at the Brussels’ bar. Patrick held several senior positions at regional level (general counsel Europe 2006-2015, general counsel Brazil 2019-2021) and at corporate level (chief legal officer competition & regulation 2003-2006, chief legal officer global disputes 2016-2018), and chief legal officer for mergers, acquisitions and investments (2021-2023).
He now serves as EVP and Secretary General with BESIX Group.
Patrick lectured European energy law at the University of Leuven. He is a director of CEPANI and a member of its Scientific Committee; he is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Climate Change Arbitration Monitor, and of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR where he participated to several task forces. He is a regular speaker at conferences, in particular on energy, climate change and litigation.
Patrick is fluent in English, French and Dutch and has working knowledge of Portuguese.