Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Baker McKenzie Welcomes New Energy & Infrastructure Team to Brussels Office

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce the arrival of a new Energy & Infrastructure team in Brussels, effective 1 November. The team includes David Haverbeke (Partner), Wouter Vandorpe (Partner), Nicolas Celis (Counsel), Guillian Baclin (Associate), and Emilie Malivert (Associate), and joins from Fieldfisher.

Together, the team brings a wealth of experience advising both international and domestic clients in the energy and utilities sectors. David and Wouter have more than twenty years' experience and have advised international and domestic clients in the energy and utilities markets. They are best known for their technical regulatory expertise in energy state support, grid configurations, authorizations and claims, alongside their project work in the fields of solar, large-scale batteries, wind, flexibility, hydrogen, CCUS, ESG/climate and natural gas.

Richard Blunt, Chair of Baker McKenzie’s global Energy & Infrastructure practice commented, “We are excited to further build our Energy & Infrastructure team by welcoming David Haverbeke, Wouter Vandorpe, Nicolas Celis, Guillian Baclin, and Emilie Malivert. Their expertise will add significant value to the Firm and complements the capabilities of our Energy teams in Belgium, the EMEA region, and beyond, as we continue to further develop our offering to clients in the energy sector.” 

Brussels Managing Partners Dominique Maes and Kurt Haegeman added, “We are delighted to welcome David, Wouter and their team to our Brussels office. In joining our Firm, they will further strengthen our ability to provide top-tier energy-related regulatory and transactional advice to our clients.”

Baker McKenzie’s Energy & Infrastructure group brings together deep sector expertise and strategic insight to help energy and resources producers, investors, and users navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment. The highly integrated, multidisciplinary team delivers seamless support on cross-border M&A and pioneering projects, innovative financing structures, efficient tax planning, and dispute resolution, while driving decarbonization strategies and the use of carbon markets and offsets to balance energy and resource security and the transition to a low-carbon future.