Damien Verhoeven

Damien Verhoeven is Partner in the Regulatory Department and heads Liedekerke's energy practice. He specialises in energy law (mainly in electricity, but also gases and petrochemicals) at all market levels.

Damien has almost 25 years of experience in energy regulation (incl. European, Belgian, Flemish, Walloon and Congolese energy law) and in other legal matters applied to the energy sector (project development, permits, contracts, litigation, M&A, taxation and support schemes, etc.). He is viewed by stakeholders, peers and directories as a leading energy lawyer in Belgium.

Damien has a law degree from the University of Louvain (UCL 2000). He is the author of various publications in energy law.

He joined Liedekerke in 2000 and became a Partner in 2013.

Member of the Brussels Bar

Member of the Energy Law Group

Assisting a power producer in a 65 million € tax reimbursement claim for breach of the European directive on the taxation of energy products

Assisting a major stakeholder of the hydrogen sector in the context of the development of hydrogen regulation in Europe and in Belgium

Assisting the developer of a 25MW/100MWh Battery Electricity Storage System in Flanders

Challenging the cap on the incomes of the electricity producers applicable during the energy prices crisis

Assisting a system operator in the implementation of a Capacity Remuneration Mechanism

Assisting the developer of a 9,6 MW rooftop solar farm in Wallonia.