Eveline Sillevis Smitt

Eveline Sillevis Smitt is a lawyer and partner at AKD. She is a leading expert in the field of environmental law (including spatial planning). She acts primarily on behalf of property developers and for large and medium-sized companies in the heavier industries, the foodstuffs industry, the energy sector and waste processing. She has a lot of experience with the environmental and spatial aspects that play a role in those fields. Eveline helps clients to obtain permits and dispensations, or in the event of impending enforcement measures.

Environmental aspects with which Eveline has experience are best practices, air quality, noise (zoning), emissions (such as substances of very high concern) and emissions trading, soil and soil contamination, odour issues, (external) safety, spillages, environmental protection (including flora and fauna), the use of secondary building materials and environmental impact assessments. She also provides support in relation to specialist (environmental) disputes involving (nuclear) energy, asbestos and asbestos liability, Legionnaire’s disease and waste legislation.

Eveline advises clients in supervisory and enforcement cases brought after permits or dispensations have been granted or not. Examples include obtaining orders subject to penalties, as well as administrative enforcement and administrative penalties.