Mr Edward Brans > Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV > The Hague, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV Offices
BEZUIDENHOUTSEWEG 57, 2594 AC THE HAGUE
PO BOX 11756
2502 AT THE HAGUE
Netherlands
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Mr Edward Brans
Work Department
Planning and Environmental Law
Position
Edward Brans joined Pels Rijcken in 2002. As of 1 November 2020, he is professor by special appointment of Sustainability and Environmental Liability at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University. He focuses on environmental liability under private and administrative law, including enforcement in case of environmental incidents and liability for inadequate supervision and enforcement. In addition, he supports companies and governments in addressing climate change and energy transition, such as projects aimed at the use of geothermal energy (aquifer thermal energy storage and geothermal heat), carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the realisation of designated flooding areas. In the field of environmental law, Edward has extensive experience with cases involving climate change, (soil) pollution, pollution by ships, asbestos, air quality, waste products and circular economy.
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > Energy
Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn NV‘s The Hague-based energy team is headed up by ‘very involved practitioner’ Iman Brinkman who is experienced handling the full range of complex regulatory aspects of major energy projects. The team’s client roster is formed predominantly of central and local government bodies and institutions, whom the team advises on an array of regulatory issues, including those pertaining to large-scale developments of windfarm projects, the defense of challenged projects, and the development of future regulation, among other areas. Edward Brans has a focus on climate change and energy transition matters in particular; Lianne Barnhoorn ‘s practice also centres on energy transition issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Environment and planning
Firm Rankings
- Construction
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Information technology
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: telecoms
- Project finance and PFI
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyrights and design rights
- Employment
- Real estate
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Energy