Environmental Lawyer - Niche Law firm (Brussels)

Steve Skills | Niche Recruitment Agency; Brussel; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Steve Skills | Niche Recruitment Agency's client, a Brussels law firm specializing in environmental law with a secondary focus on energy law, seeks an environmental lawyer with 1–4 years of experience. You will help clients acquire and defend permits and represent operators in constitutional, administrative, civil and repressive litigation.

You will work with international corporations, local SMEs, start-ups and operators across industries, developing long-term client relationships while

Qualifications

• 1–4 years of professional experience as a Lawyer.
• Expertise in public law and/or environmental law.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and client-focused approach.
• Fluent in English; French or Dutch speaker preferred.

Responsibilities

• Help clients acquire and defend permits.
• Represent operators in constitutional, administrative, civil and enforcement litigation.
• Assist in contractual matters and mergers & acquisitions.
• Contribute to regulatory advocacy and evolving legislation.
• Build long-term relationships with diverse clients.

Skills

Environmental law

Public law

Entrepreneurship

Job description

• Niche law firm specialising in environmental law, with a secondary focus on energy law, EHS, regulatory
• Challenging cases in a dynamic and pleasant working environment
• 1-4 years of professional experience as a Lawyer
• Brussels

Your function

As their next environmental lawyer, you will help clients to acquire and defend permits, represent operators in constitutional, administrative, civil and repressive litigation, assist in contractual issues, team up on mergers and acquisitions and advocate legislative and regulatory evolution.

You are the trusted legal partner of a diverse clientele, consisting of international corporations, local SMEs, start-ups and established operators. The clients are active in a variety of industries: environmental and energy utilities, distributors as well as operators in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, real estate and logistic sectors, among others.

You will represent individual corporations as well as industry associations, commercial companies and operators in the social economy sector.

Developing long-term relationships with the clients is an essential part of your responsibilities.

Your profile

• You have between 1-4 years of professional experience as a Lawyer
• You have expertise in public Law and/or environmental Law
• You have a sense for entrepreneurship
• You are French or Dutch-speaker and are fluent in English
• You are mature and can work autonomously in a dynamic and collaborative environment

What's in it for you

My client offers challenging work in a pleasant environment, while working together with a close-knit team. The firm’s values are to enable its associates to sustainably develop their professional careers with the possibility to grow as a Partner.

About my client

My client offers tailored legal support to a wide range of industries operating in Belgium, with a strong focus on complex regulatory and technical matters. Its expertise notably covers energy law, EHS (environmental, health and safety) issues, product regulation, food law, as well as planning and zoning.

The firm assists clients in securing, maintaining, and consolidating their “license to operate”, addressing site-, service-, and product-related regulatory challenges.

Building on a solid professional reputation and extensive experience, my client effectively represents and defends its clients’ interests before all relevant stakeholders, including local, regional and European authorities and courts, political decision-makers, the media, and the wider public.