The multi-disciplinary green team at Belgian full-service firm ASTREA BV CVBA is active in advising clients on the financing, development, and construction of innovative projects in connection with a green transition.

For example, the firm assists clients with innovative solutions which seek to decarbonise the transport industry. Dieter Veestraeten is acting for Tree Energy Solutions across commercial, real estate, and contract law matters; the company will utilise renewable energy sources to produce green hydrogen as fuel for the European transportation market.

Within the firm’s specialised environmental law team, Ciska Servais assisted INEOS Olefins Belgium with environmental assessments and applications for Project ONE. A €3bn investment, Project ONE will be the most eco-friendly ethane cracker in Europe, targeting carbon neutrality within ten years of its opening. The firm’s environmental work also includes challenging 3M Belgium on its liability and remediation duties concerning soil polluted with PFAs. 

In the renewable energy sector, the firm is continuing to advise wind turbine manufacturer Enercon on various legal aspects surrounding the installation of wind turbines in Belgium. For Sunvest, who build and operate solar parks with a focus on community participation and biodiversity preservation, the firm assisted with the incorporation of the client’s Belgian subsidiary and in the drafting of lease rights for the installation of PV panels.

Ruud De Houwer advises the Belgian Federal Government on diverse matters concerning the Belgian North Sea, including building an innovative ‘energy island’ in the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, which will connect a pipeline offshore wind project zone to the mainland.

Supporting the firm’s internal target of becoming climate neutral by 2040 at the latest, the firm’s Antwerp office is located in a BREEAM excellent-certified building.