DLA Piper‘s client base includes petrochemical, specialist chemical and pharmaceutical-focused chemical companies. The team advises clients on matters concerning trade, sustainability and ESG, emerging environmental markers, and global environmental governance. Co-head Anna Dias advises private sector clients and governments on trade remedy investigations and EU economic sanctions. Fellow co-head Bob Martens assists public and private sector clients with matters of administrative law.
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Key clients
- BASF
- SABIC
- LyondellBasell
- Lanxess
- ICL
- Shell Petrochemicals
- ExxonMobil
- Wego Chemicals
Work highlights
Advised Indaver on operations including landfill management, incineration, physico-chemical waste treatment, and advanced Plastics2Chemicals recycling initiatives for polystyrene and polyolefins.
Advising the Belgian subsidiary of BASF, BASF Antwerpen, on its role as participant and developer of the Antwerp@C Carbon Capture Utilisation & Storage project in the Port of Antwerp.
Assisted ICL Europe as the complainant in the preparation of an anti-dumping complaint against imports of phosphorous acid from China.
Practice head
Anna Dias; Bob Martens