As a Climate and Trade Law Specialist, Eva Pander Maat advises clients on all matters related to climate, environmental, energy and transport policy. She has particular experience in carbon pricing, international climate law, World Trade Organization (WTO) law compliance and EU supply chain due diligence. The scope of her work also includes EU regulatory matters and trade policy.
Ms. Pander Maat holds a P.hD. in EU Law, where she researched EU climate measures with strong effects on international trade, such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). She has extensively published and presented work on EU law and climate and trade policy, as well as taught courses on EU law.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Pander Maat gained experience with the EU legislative procedure and international climate negotiations in DG CLIMA at the European Commission. She furthermore worked at a think tank on EU affairs, a Dutch law firm and a Dutch Embassy.
Government Service
Ms. Pander Maat previously served as a Blue Book trainee to the Principal Advisor on International Aspects of Climate Policy and as an atypical trainee in the Legal and Inter-Institutional Unit at the European Commission (DG CLIMA). She furthermore worked as a trainee at the Dutch Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Publications
- Eva Pander Maat, ‘EU Climate Policy’ in Jed Odermatt and Ramses A Wessel (eds), Research Handbook on EU Law and Global Challenges (Edward Elgar, forthcoming)
- Eva Pander Maat, ‘How to be a green global standard-setter – the EU’s externalization of the environmental integration principle’ in Jamile B Mata Diz and Ramses A Wessel (eds), Júlia Péret and Esra Akdoğan (ass eds), EU External Relations Law and Sustainability: The EU, Third States and International Organizations (TMC Asser Press 2025)
- Eva Pander Maat, ‘The Carbon Border Adjustment and the challenge of being a ‘good’ climate and trade actor’ in Elaine Fahey and Isabella Mancini (eds), The EU as a good global actor (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022)
- Eva Pander Maat, ‘Google v. CNIL: A commentary on the territorial scope of the right to be forgotten’ (2022) 2 European Review of Private Law 241
- Eva Pander Maat, Daan van Maurik and Giancarlo Piscitelli, ‘The right to be forgotten in the UK: A case note on the English and Welsh High Court Reasoning in NT1 & NT2 v Google and the Post-Brexit Prospects in the GDPR era’ (2022) 2 European Review of Private Law 263
- Eva Pander Maat, ‘Leading by example, ideas or coercion? The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism as a case of hybrid EU climate leadership’ (2022) 7 1 European Papers 55
- Annegret Bendiek and Eva Pander Maat, ‘The EU’s Cybersecurity Policy – a regulatory approach to resilience’ in INSS, Cybersecurity and legal-regulatory aspects (World Scientific Publishing, 2021)
Education
- P.hD. in Law, City, University of London
- L.L.M., Legal Research Master, Utrecht University
- L.L.B., Utrecht Law College, Utrecht University
- B.A., University College Utrecht, Utrecht University
Languages
- English
- Dutch
- French