CMS’ energy and climate change practice has a workload which consists of mandates involving renewable energy, geothermal energy, electricity and green energy cases. Other core areas of instruction include financing, regulatory issues and disputes. Practice head Cecilia van der Weijden is a key name for transactional work, and acts for global clients in matters concerning energy and infrastructure development matters.
Testimonials
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‘Seamless interaction between overseas offices, providing efficient and very strong sector knowledge to ensure we receive effective and pragmatic commercial advice.'
‘Very knowledgeable on specific legislation.'
‘Competence, good communication, international, and reliable.’
‘Cecilia van der Weijden is a prompt contact and coordinates the team well across different issues.'
Key clients
- 85 Degrees Renewables
- AEB
- Allego
- AVR
- bp
- Equinor
- Eteck
- Global Switch
- Liander
- Microsoft
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways)
- Nofar Europe
- Nuveen Infrastructure (previously named Glennmont Partners)
- SHV
- SSE
- Oilinvest
- TotalEnergies
- Trio Investment
- Venterra
- Wircon GmbH
Work highlights
- Advised TotalEnergies and SHV Energy on the sale of PitPoint.LNG B.V. to ViGo Bioenergy B.V., a subsidiary of Vitol.
- Advised 85 Degrees Renewable Holding B.V. on two geothermal heat projects in the Province of Groningen, for supplying geothermal heat to horticultural companies.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Cecilia van der Weijden