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Wouter Groot

Associate

Wouter specializes in environmental and regulatory matters, with a focus on sustainability, ESG, and corporate reporting and disclosure. He helps clients navigate the complex and evolving legal frameworks and standards that apply to their business activities and strategies, such as the CSRD, the EU Green Deal and supply chain due diligence regulations.
He also has experience in Dutch administrative law, advising on environmental law aspects of transactions, projects, and disputes.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A global trading company on ESG-related reporting and disclosure requirements, including on supply chain due diligence, climate litigation and on business human rights.
  • The Riverside Company on their sale of the E. & A. Scheer Group (the largest global blender and vendor of premium rum in bulk) to Platinum Equity.
  • A global data center operator in respect of the development and operation of several data centers and related infrastructure in the Amsterdam area.

Qualifications

Admissions

Advocaat, The Netherlands, 2023

Academic

LLM, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2022

LLM, Bar and Bench Programme, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2023

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.