Today we are pleased to highlight that Laura Hildt will be commencing her second six with the Planning and Environment Group on 7th April 2026 . Laura is completing her pupillage the under the supervision of Thea Osmund-Smith and Christian Hawley and has been involved in hearings, inquiries, and high court litigation with a particular focus on energy projects and data centres.
Laura holds degrees from the Universities of Cambridge, Utrecht and Mainz. She is a part-time PhD researcher on strategic biodiversity litigation and previously worked at the European Environmental Bureau on biodiversity policy and agriculture litigation for over seven years.
Laura recently spoke on renewable energy generation and battery energy storage systems at our Annual Planning Seminar.
In her spare time, Laura is a keen hiker and outdoor swimmer, and is likely to be found in the mountains.
Ahead of starting her second six, Laura said:
“I am very grateful to Thea for her expert, kind and fun supervision and guidance during the last six months. It has been great to see such a wide range of planning and environmental work by her and others in the group who have all generously shared their time and expertise with me.
I am excited to start my practising second six next week and look forward to learning from Christian. I am particularly interested in environmental law matters and hope to build on my experience in working with environmental NGOs.”
Laura is available to take instructions from 7th April 2026
For further information and bookings please contact Practice Director, Marc Forrest-Thomas and the wider clerking team at planning@no5.com
