Gauthier van Thuyne

Practice Areas

Gauthier is Head of Belgium Environmental and Public Law, and is member of the global Environment and Sanctions and heads the Belgian sustainability team.

Gauthier advises companies on planning and environmental law - with a particular focus on permits for industry and manufacturing, real estate and energy transition projects and technologies. He specialises in European Green Deal regulations and climate change (including EU ETS, CBAM, voluntary carbon markets) sustainability disclosures and reporting (including CSRD), business and human rights issues in supply chains (CSDDD, Deforestation Regulation, Batteries Regulation, Conflict Minerals) and greenwashing (advice and litigation) .

Gauthier advises on compliance with REACH and other EU chemical regulations, as well as with EU product regulations (including packaging and packaging waste, ELV, Batteries, WEEE and RoHS) and waste, contaminated land, hazardous substances and environmental compliance issues.