Maarten de Wit
AKD
Netherlands
Bringing a background in EU and competition law to pressing energy regulatory matters, Maarten de Wit at AKD is a key advisor to energy and power developers and consumers across corporate, project, and contentious matters in the wind, solar, heat, and hydrogen sectors.
In a large-scale and high-value mandate, De Wit is assisting leading global renewable energy investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in its competitive bid to develop, construct, and operate a 2 GW wind farm and 50 MW floating solar plant in the IJmuiden Ver zone. A further key client is district heating grid developer Eteck, whom de Wit is advising on concession and project development matters regarding its heat grid portfolio.
De Wit is highly sought-after for his insights across the energy transition, authoring articles on topics including grid capacity challenges and their competition law implications. Offering a leading contribution within academic discourse, De Wit teaches on topics including hydrogen regulation within the Climate Change and Energy Transition masters at VU Amsterdam and gives guest lectures for the masters in energy law at the University of Groningen.