Practice Areas
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.
Work Highlights
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.
