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Baker McKenzie BV/SRL
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Borsbeeksebrug 36 box 8
2600 Antwerp
Belgium
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Work Department

Environment

Position

Pascal Mallien is a senior counsel and leads the Environmental Law practice group in the Belgian offices. His experience is broader than environmental law; it also includes general compliance issues, construction law, renewable energy, zoning, and public procurement.

Pascal’s practice focuses on advice and litigation. He has developed extensive experience in these areas through defending landowners, contractors, architects and action groups.

Pascal assists and represents clients in matters involving permit issues for all kinds of industries, including chemical plants, gas stations and wind farm projects. He deals with many soil contamination issues and related procedures on behalf of major industrial sites. His litigation knowhow comprises criminal, administrative and civil procedures, as well as environmental/product liability. His practical knowledge is very useful in ad rem advices.

Languages

Dutch, English, French

Memberships

  • Founding member, Milieuforum
  • Member, Network for Industrially Co-ordinated Sustainable Land Management in Europe
  • Member, Vlamex (formerly known as Vlaamse Milieudeskundigen)
  • Member, Genootschap Advocaten Publiekrecht
  • Member, Nederlandstalig College Deskundigen Architecten van België (NCDAB)
  • Member (Delegations in Poland), The Flanders Investment & Trade Agency in Katowice and Poznan in 2015
  • Co-founder, “Klimaatparlement,” a network for climate-related sustainable start-ups
  • Co-founder, Nicole Foundation, invests in finding solutions for soil contamination in Latin America, Ukraine and other parts of the world
  • Board Member, Representative Organisation of Real Estate Surveyors Kavex, member of Tegova
  • Board Member, “KT-Scholengroep” in Hasselt, a group of elementary schools

Education

  • Namur Law School (Law Degree)
  • KU Leuven (Law Degree, cum laude)
  • KU Leuven (Faculty of Psychology)

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Environment

(Hall of Fame)

Pascal MallienBaker McKenzie BV/SRL

Baker McKenzie BV/SRL‘s environmental practice often represents clients before administrative courts in environmental permit disputes and enforcements matters in the Flemish region of Belgium. It also advises clients on the renewal of environmental permits, as well as on environmental regulatory compliance matters across all three regions of Belgium. Pascal Mallien, who heads up the group, assists clients with permit issues across industries including chemical plants, gas stations and wind farm projects. Jean-François Vandenberghe  often advises national and international clients on the environmental aspects of real estate transactions. Mario Deketelaere‘s primary focus is on regional, federal and European environmental law, and zoning and planning law.