Fee Goossens

Fee Goossens

Counsel

Fee has more than 10 years’ experience in advising clients on complex environmental, regulatory and public law matters covering transactional, advisory and litigation work.

Fee assists clients in relation to (compliance with) environmental laws, such as contaminated land procedures, permitting and noise issues and has a thorough and practical understanding of how to deal with public law entities/authorities. She has vast experience in relation to (renewable) energy infrastructure projects and assists international clients in relation to EU product regulations, including compliance with the RoHS and WEEE directives, BPR, REACH and POPs.

Her areas of expertise cover the (renewable) energy, real estate, retail, chemicals, electronic and life sciences sectors.

Fee has previously been seconded to our New-York office and our London office, where she assisted clients on international regulatory matters, including compliance and sanctions and Brexit-related matters. She is identified in the Legal 500 2023 as a “rising star” for EU Regulatory (Chemicals) and Environment.

Fee regularly publishes articles on environmental and regulatory topics and is a member of the editorial board of Tijdschrift Milieu- en Energierecht (MER).

Experience

Representative matters

Various wind energy project developers in relation to regulatory requirements for the development and operation of onshore and offshore wind projects.

B2B and B2C product compliance issues (relating to compliance with REACH, RoHS and POPs restrictions and requirements) across EU Member States.

The public waste agency, on the PFOS pollution case relating to a major contamination in Zwijndrecht (port of Antwerp) with so-called “forever chemicals”, and the related parliamentary investigations.

Published Work

  • Fee Goossens, Gauthier van Thuyne, Jozefien Verbist and Ayana Dootalieva, The Legal 500: Environment Country Comparative Guide Belgium, January 2022 
  • Fee Goossens and Gauthier van Thuyne, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Environmental Law and Practice in Belgium: Overview, December 2021
  • Fee Goossens, Gauthier van Thuyne, Laura Neven and Leen Elewaut, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, Environment & Climate Change Regulation 2022 – EU Chapter, September 2021
  • Fee Goossens and Tom Schoors, Steunmechanismen voor offshore hernieuwbare energie in België, Jaarboek Energierecht 2017, Intersentia
Recognition
Extremely knowledgeable, always responsive and focussed on client service
Legal 500, 2022

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted to the Brussels Bar, November 2011

Academic

Master in Law, University of Leuven (KUL), 2008

Languages

Dutch, English, French
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.