At De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the energy team has an excellent reputation for its expertise in advising on a broad spectrum of contentious, transactional and regulatory matters. Cross-border work is a core area of strength for the group, which continues to be kept busy handling infrastructure projects, project finance, disputes and regulatory issues. Public law expert Arjan Kleinhout leads the department's regulatory and litigation offering, and is well versed in handling work for clients in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors; he shares leadership of the practice with Michael Schouten, who focuses on transactional mandates, and Martje Verhoeven-de Vries Lentsch, who leads on cross-border energy disputes and complex commercial arbitration. Jasper van Uden is a key contact.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Highly efficient, great sector knowledge.'
  • 'Pro-active approach.'
  • 'For international arbitrations in the energy sector, in particular oil and gas disputes, De Brauw is simply the best in the Netherlands. They have unparalleled expertise in this field, both as counsel and as arbitrator, and regularly handle high-profile and extremely complex cases.'
  • 'Jasper van Uden: to the point, clear, strategic. Very, very good in administrative procedures.'
  • Arjan Kleinhout shows great knowledge of the industry.'

Key clients

  • Gasunie
  • Port of Rotterdam
  • Porthos
  • TenneT
  • Shell
  • GasTerra
  • NAM
  • NEA
  • Foundation Preparation Pallas Reactor (PALLAS)
  • Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Aramis

Work highlights

  • Acted as lead project counsel on the Porthos CCS project.
  • Acts as counsel to TenneT on a range of energy matters.
  • Advising Gasunie on hydrogen projects.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Jasper van Uden
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Arjan Kleinhout
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Arjan Kleinhout, Martje Verhoeven-de Vries Lentsch, Michael Schouten

Other key lawyers

Jasper van Uden