Michelle de Rijke

She has been active in the energy sector since the start of the liberalization of the energy market in 1998. She advises energy companies, network operators, project developers, local authorities, large consumers and interest groups in the entire chain of production, transport and supply of energy, with a focus on the energy transition process. This includes renewable energy projects (heat, solar, wind, hydrogen, biogas), infrastructure (closed distribution systems, smart grids, storage), tariff regulation, subsidies, connection-, transport-, supply- and operation agreements, consumer protection and enforcement.

Michelle's practice regularly operates at the intersection of public affairs and strategic legal advice and often includes (politically) sensitive cases and projects that require creative and innovative solutions.

She publishes, gives courses and regularly speaks at conferences. Michelle has been highly regarded as an energy law expert by (international) guides such as Chambers Europe and Legal 500 for years.

In 2018 she was appointed as a deputy judge at the District Court of Rotterdam, administrative law sector. Michelle is editor-in-chief of the Dutch Energy Law Journal (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Energierecht) and a board member of the Dutch Association for Energy Law. She is a member of the Administrative Law Committee of the Bar Association in The Hague and chairs the Legislative and Regulations Program Council of the Heat Network Foundation.