DLA Piper advises on planning, environmental, and ESG matters, offering trusted expertise in climate policy, energy transition, and environmental compliance. Key figures within the department include Ernst Haverkamp, who advises across the full spectrum of planning and environmental law, as well as on project development and litigation. Haverkamp works closely with Nicole Lange and Iman Boukhedmi.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘We operate in a specific niche, but it took the team at DLA Piper very little time to get up to speed with the specific topics.’
  • ‘Ernst Haverkamp has been instrumental in our understanding of the changing landscape in our field.'

Key clients

  • Amvest
  • Ballast Nedam
  • DBG Bio Energy
  • Kondor Wessels
  • Omnrin
  • Novar
  • PWN
  • Sabic
  • Segro

Work highlights

Advising and litigating for PWN in several matters related to the company's sites and utilities, the climate change adaptation strategy and the legal boundaries of the public tasks of PWN.
Representing Kabeldistrict, a joint venture by Amvest and Kondor Wessels, in the legal proceedings regarding the redevelopment of an industrial site in Delft, to develop a mixed-use area with ca. 3,500 houses and 34.000 m2 business space.
Assisted Omrin with the court appeals by several NGOs with respect to their environmental permit and emissions therein in relation to the operation of Omrin's state-of-the-art waste plant.
Other key lawyers

Ernst Haverkamp; Nicole Lange; Iman Boukhedmi