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Linklaters
RUE BREDERODE 13
1000 BRUXELLES
Belgium
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Lieve Swartenbroux

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+3225019488 lieve.swartenbroux@linklaters.com

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner

Career

Lieve specialises in environmental law, including land planning, and public law. She heads the firm’s Brussels office environmental and public law team, advising on major corporate and real estate transactions. She assists clients in legal proceedings in the civil courts, Constitutional Court and Council of State, before the administrative and criminal courts on post-acquisition claims, on appeals against permits and on non-compliance issues.
In her public law practice, Lieve advises on public procurement and public-private partnership (PPP), public real estate, subsidy regimes, public entities’ governance, regulatory enforcement, public law issues related to the securities’ listing of public law entities. She also advises major corporates on regulation surrounding permits, soil contamination, emissions trading, waste management and land planning.
Lieve also has specialist expertise in energy law, covering general regulatory and permit issues, energy from renewable sources (onshore wind turbines and offshore wind farms) and nuclear safety control.

Languages

Dutch, English, French and German

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Environment

The ‘professional and committed‘ environment practice at Linklaters handles both transactional work and environmental litigation, advises on air, soil, waste and wastewater pollution matters, handles environmental permit issues, and provides regulatory advice in connection with offshore and onshore wind, biomass and solar projects. Practice had Lieve Swartenbroux, who is ‘very knowledgeable, experienced, reliable and responsive‘, and managing associate Melissa Verplancke are the key practitioners in the team.

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