Baker McKenzie LLP

Mario Deketelaere is an of counsel in the Environment Practice Group in the Antwerp office. He joined Baker McKenzie in 2002. He is experienced in administrative and public law.

Mario is also a visiting professor at KU Leuven and a lecturer at Karel de Grote Hogeschool (Antwerp).

Mario focuses on the regional, federal and European "environmental law" (Omgevingsrecht/Droit de l'Environnement), i.e. all law matters relating to the planning and protection of the human living environment, including the strengthening relations between environmental law, urban planning law, nature conservation and environmental impact assessment.

In this field he is recognized as one of the most recommended and leading Belgian practitioners (International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers). He has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of soil clean-up and (hazardous) waste management, environmental liability issues, environmental and building permit procedures, product safety, and environmental taxes.

He advises Belgian and foreign multinational companies from different industrial sectors (chemical, metal industry, raw materials, waste treatment, energy, construction, food, ICT) on authorisation procedures and regulatory compliance, and assists clients with litigation relating to those areas of law (i.e. in civil, criminal and administrative disputes and procedures) before the national courts, the Council of State, the Constitutional Court and the EU Court of Justice.