The Pierre Coppens Prize will be awarded for the ninth time in 2026.
This prize, worth €15,000, is awarded to a doctor of law/legal sciences from a European university, aged 40 or under, who has written a work – published or unpublished – representing an original contribution to company law or a legal topic related to companies.
Further information can be found here.
Candidates are invited to send six copies of their work and their CV in PDF format by 6 December 2025 at the latest to the chair of the jury :
Professeur Yves De Cordt
Université catholique de Louvain
SSH/JURI/PJES
Collège Thomas More
Place Montesquieu 2, bte L2.07.01
B – 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Tél. : +32 0479 23 76 05
e-mail : yves.decordt@uclouvain.be