Specialising in environmental law, Valérie primarily focuses on climate, the energy transition, circular economy, the (new) Omgevingswet, and supervision and enforcement guiding her clients through every matter.
Valérie acts for a wide range of businesses, developers and public bodies (including municipalities and provinces) in environmental and planning law matters. She represents her clients before the Dutch courts and in negotiations with government agencies and other public authorities.
She has a Master’s degree in Dutch Law (private law and administrative law) (2000), and a PhD in environmental law (2005) from the University Utrecht.
In addition, Valérie was a research assistant at the University Utrecht from 2000 to 2005. She also teaches environmental law at the University Utrecht and at the University of Amsterdam.
Valérie is editor of several leading Dutch environmental law magazines including ‘Tijdschrift voor Omgevingsrecht’ and ‘StAB’. She is the annotator of the environmental law magazine ‘Milieu & Recht’ and she is board member of the Environmental Lawyers Association (VMA) and the Environment Law Association (VMR).
Tom Barkhuysen en Valérie van ‘t Lam schreven voor de Koninklijke Vereeniging ‘Handelsrecht’ een preadvies over de handhaving van de open normen van de CSDDD. In het bestuursrecht, en in het bijzonder in het omgevingsrecht, is al veel ervaring opgedaan met open normen. Mede op basis van die kennis en ervaring bespreken Tom en Valérie de lessen […]