Mrs Cecilia van der Weijden > CMS > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile

CMS
ATRIUM
PARNASSUSWEG 737
1077 DG AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

Work Department

Energy & Climate Change

Position

Partner

Career

Cecilia van der Weijden is a member of the Corporate Practice Group and heads the Dutch Energy & Climate Change Team at CMS. For more than twenty years she has been dedicated to advising the energy sector on a wide variety of corporate and regulatory issues, including mergers and acquisitions and the development and project financing of (renewable) energy projects. She has a strong focus on renewable energy (on- and offshore wind, solar, biomass, biogas, heat, CCS and hydrogen projects) as well as gas and LNG contracts.

Cecilia has advised on a number of pathfinder projects, such as the development of the first Dutch offshore wind park (OWEZ), the participation of launching customers in the GATE LNG Terminal, the successful participation of Ørsted in the first Dutch offshore wind tender, the acquisition, development and project financing of (at the time) the largest solar PV park and the conclusion of the first two large corporate PPAs by global tech companies, including Microsoft.

Languages

Dutch, Italian, English, German, Chinese

Memberships

Dutch Bar Association, NeVER, NWEA and ESNL

Education

  • International Relations (int. economy and law), Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • Dutch Law (Commercial and Private Law), University of Amsterdam
  • Chinese Language, Xiamen University, China
  • Sinology, Leiden University

Lawyer Rankings

Netherlands > Energy

‘Highly dedicated individual’ and corporate and M&A specialist Cecilia van der Weijden heads up the energy cohort at CMS. The group is equipped to assist with both transactional and regulatory cases, from acquisitions, expansions and developments of key energy projects to advising clients on the Dutch implementation of new energy-related legislation. Senior counsel, oil and gas-focused Martika Jonk, is a noteworthy team member.