Cecilia van der Weijden

Practice Areas

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-five 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, energy storage, CCS/CCU, hydrogen and EV infrastructure projects) as well as on 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 Dutch solar PV park and the conclusion of the first two large corporate PPAs by global tech companies, including Microsoft.

Career

2009: Partner at CMS.

2004: Partner at Norton Rose.

1994: Lawyer at Houthoff Buruma.

Professional Memberships

Dutch Bar Association, NeVER, NWEA and ESNL.

Publications

Articles/newsflashes, e.g. on CMS portal Law-Now and Lexology.

Languages Spoken

Dutch, Italian, English, German, Chinese