Mr Victor van Ahee > Van Doorne > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

Van Doorne
JACHTHAVENWEG 121
1081 KM AMSTERDAM
PO BOX 75265, 1070 AG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Work Department

Energy, Industry & Renewables

Position

Victor is an expert on regulatory issues relating to energy and industry. With a broad expertise on the regulation of activities, products and substances he assists companies in the energy-, chemical-, and manufacturing industries through advise and representation in front of the administrative courts.

Following the energy transition, companies are faced with increasingly complex (EU) regulation where legal and practical advice is required. As part of the Energy, Industry & Renewables-team Victor focusses on the energy and environmental regulatory issues of industrial companies. 

Victor is also recognized by Legal 500 as a ‘rising star’ in the food & beverages industry for his legal expertise on food and product regulation and environmental law.

Victor assist companies on such issues with advice and assistance and if necessary litigates in front of the administrative courts. In view of the increasing role of EU law, Victor completed a LLM at King’s College in London on European Union Law.

Victor has over a decade experience in all aspects of energy and environmental law and has assisted a wide range of (large) companies, both advising and litigating with the Administrative chamber of the Council of State. Victor has also assisted with some of the largest M&A transactions in the industry from an energy and/or environmental perspective.

Next to being counsel at Van Doorne, Victor is also (deputy) chairman of the objections committee of the Municipality of Rotterdam in the environmental chamber.

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Energy

The ‘pleasant team’ at Van Doorne has experience advising its clients on both transactional and regulatory energy-related matters spanning hydrogen, carbon, heat, electricity and LNG. Léone Klapwijk has expertise in regulatory aspects of energy matters, whilst Diederik Maessen is transaction-focused; the pair oversee the practice. Other key practitioners to note include regulatory expert counsel Victor van Ahee, who has experience giving advice in connection with the energy transition alongside Klapwijk, and M&A-focused senior associate Yannie Lam, who joined in January 2023 from Eversheds Sutherland.