Elisabetta Aarts has been consistently ranked first-tier energy lawyer in leading law guides and specialises in energy law, public law and regulated markets, as well as compliance. She advises and litigates on behalf of a broad range of national and international clients in the energy sector, both in stand-alone regulatory matters and in energy projects and M&A and finance transactions.
Elisabetta is legal counsel to TenneT TSO, the Dutch national electricity grid and transmission system operator. The Dutch national gas transmission system operator, Gas Transport Services, is also among her clients. She has been closely involved in the drafting of contracts and regulations which have governed the fully liberalised Dutch electricity market since 2000.
Recent work includes advising:
- TenneT on a wide range of issues arising from the legally required transfer of the management of high-voltage grids from the regional grid operators to TenneT; on mechanisms to manage structural capacity constraints on the domestic grids; on market coupling with Belgium and France and cross-border intraday capacity allocation on the interconnections with Belgium and Germany
- Electrabel on the allocation of carbon emission allowances under the European Directive establishing the European GHG allowances trading scheme
- Airtricity on the energy, permitting and funding aspects of the development of one or more offshore large scale wind farms off the Dutch North Sea coast
- GMR Group on energy sector regulation and contract matters involved in GMR’s acquisition of a 50% stake in InterGen.
Chambers describes her 'as one of the country's leading experts on energy law, both on regulatory and transactional side,' where as ‘Clients praise her for her clear, concise and helpful advice, while peers describe her as "very constructive in finding solutions when dealing with complex regulations."’
Elisabetta is co-editor of a compilation of electricity and gas market laws and regulations, which are much used by company lawyers, courts and legal advisers, and is a member of the board of editors of the Dutch energy law magazine NTE.
