Léone Klapwijk
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Energy & Natural Resources: Regulatory
Band 4
About
Provided by Léone Klapwijk
Practice Areas
Léone's principal areas of practice are energy regulatory law (comprising of electricity, natural gas, heat and hydrogen), energy transactions, large-scale energy projects, energy contracts and energy (regulatory) litigation.
Léone represents a wide spectrum of participants in the energy markets. Her clients include large (heat) supply and production companies in the regulated markets, companies in the chemical and industrial sectors, transmission and distribution system operators. She has extensive experience in solving and handling issues in the field of regulated and non-regulated (CO2, fuels, hydrogen) utilities. Léone is at her best when (together with the client team working on multidisciplinary, complex energy projects.
In addition, Léone is (co-)author of several legal journal publications on various energy law topics and lecturer on electricity and gas regulation at the Postgraduate course 'Climate change and energy transition' at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam.
Career
2020: Partner Van Doorne
Professional Memberships
Author Netherlands Journal of Energy Law
Member of the Dutch Energy Law Association (NeVER)
Chambers Review
Europe
Léone Klapwijk advises both state entities and private clients on the regulatory issues relating to district heating and hydrogen.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She consistently delivers exceptional client service and demonstrates a high level of sophistication in her work. Her commercial awareness and vision are also very strong, which adds significant value to the legal services provided."
"She is pragmatic and proactive. A pleasure to work with."
"She consistently delivers exceptional client service and demonstrates a high level of sophistication in her work. Her commercial awareness and vision are also very strong, which adds significant value to the legal services provided."
"She is pragmatic and proactive. A pleasure to work with."
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