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Provided by Kyoto Van Herreweghe
Kyoto Van Herreweghe is a skilled lawyer (Partner) with over 13 years of experience and leads the Planning, Environment, and Energy practice at Lydian.
She handles high-profile and complex standalone environmental cases with precision and a client-focused approach. She has extensive experience in various emerging areas of environmental law, including Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) projects, PFAS contamination, asbestos contamination, nitrogen issues in permitting procedures, and EU taxonomy/ESG issues.
Furthermore, she has a strong track record in providing legal assistance in environmental and urban planning disputes (administrative and jurisdictional appeal procedures (Council of State/Council for Permit Disputes), as well as proceedings before ordinary courts and courts of appeal).
She is an active member of the AIJA (Association of International Young Lawyers) Environment and Energy Committee and a member of the Real Estate Society (RES).
- Innocent ownership rules held to be compatible with the polluter pays principle (Lexgo, 9 September 2015);
- The administrative shortcut: a phoenix rises from the ashes (Lexgo, 11 December 2015);
- Offshore wind in Belgium : A fresh breeze of competition (Legal News, 5 February 2019);
- The asbestos inventory certificate (Tijdschrift Notariaat, June 2019);
- Recent caselaw of the Court of Cassation - NB Not / Cass 7 May 2020, AR C.19.0273.
(Tijdschrift Notariaat, n° 13, October 2020);
- IBA publication: W. NEVEN and K. VAN HERREWEGHE, New asbestos removal policy in Flanders, https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=26587DEA-272E-4D77-B680-EBA6169EB954 (IBA, 31 January 2020);
- Brexit and Energy (Lexology, 26 Februari 2021);
- Permitting and soil legislation in the 3 regions, as part of the Handleiding projectontwikkelaar (Wolters Kluwer, publication planned).
- The asbestos inventory certificate: “What’s new?” (Tijdschrift Notariaat, June 2022)
- Multiple-update publication on offshore wind energy – Focus Belgium (to be released February 2023): in collaboration with Norton Rose Fulbright
- 2023 Edition of the Offshore Wind Worldwide Handbook (to be released): in collaboration with Hogan Lovells.
- 2024 Edition of the Offshore Wind Worldwide Handbook: in collaboration with Hogan Lovells.
- Legal comment: why the ECJ halted operations at one of Europe’s largest steel plants, ENDS Europe (with Kyoto Van Herreweghe and Manon Lauwers) – 2024
Provided by Chambers
Kyoto Van Herreweghe demonstrates strong experience advising on environmental liability, permitting, urban planning and waste management matters.
Provided by Chambers
Kyoto Van Herreweghe is dedicated and 100% reliable.
Kyoto Van Herreweghe has a lot of enthusiasm.
Kyoto Van Herreweghe is dedicated and 100% reliable.
Kyoto Van Herreweghe has a lot of enthusiasm.
