Houthoff‘s ’excellent and very knowledgeable’ energy group has strong capabilities handling both regulatory and transactional work for its roster of clients. Its regulatory workload features guiding clients through issues including administrative disputes with regulators, as well as advising on planning and environmental issues, transmission tariffs, and on competition aspects of related matters. M&A and joint ventures form a large portion of the team’s transactional offering, wherein it handles restructurings and financings in the oil and gas and renewables sectors in particular. Jacques Kröner has particular expertise in transactional energy work, whilst team lead Kirsten Berger is experienced assisting with the full range. ‘True industry specialist’ Marc Van Beuge is a disputes-focused counsel to note.
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- ‘The team is very approachable, makes the client feel they can be contact them and asked any question throughout the transaction.'
- 'The team as a whole is constantly up-to-date on developments and requests of the client which is very convenient. Discussing a topic with one member would effectively mean that the other members were informed on said topics as well.’
- ‘An excellent and very knowledgeable energy team. We worked with them on a gas case, and we were impressed.’
- ‘Marc van Beuge is a true industry specialist and is very easy to work with.’
Key clients
- Porthos
- Eni
- ENGIE
- Corre Energy
- Petrogas
- Huntsman
- TotalEnergies SE
- Ocean Winds
- Plastic Energy
- NOGEPA
- VEN
- VGN
- VLNG
- Van Oord
- Vitol
- Titan
- Arkema
- Plant One
- Westlake
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Varo Energy
- DCC
- Renewi
- Shareholders Alliander and Shareholders ZEH
- Ennatuurlijk
Work highlights
- Advised VARO, owned by Carlyle and energy trader Vitol, on its acquisition of 80% of the shares in Bio Energy Coevorden (BEC), one of the largest biogas manufacturers in Europe.
- Advising Porthos, an EBN, Gasunie and Port of Rotterdam partnership, which aims to develop the first large-scale, open access, offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure in the Netherlands.
- Advised DCC on its acquisition of PVO International B.V., a leading European solar and clean energy technology distributor.
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Practice head
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Kirsten Berger