Our team advises corporations as well as financial institutions and public entities. We provide comprehensive, high quality commercial advice on environmental law and policies at national, European Union and international levels. We assist clients in obtaining environmental approvals and advise on environmental impact assessments, site contaminations, and productspecific environmental regulation.
We have particular experience in the analysis of environmental risks related to corporate acquisitions, mergers and public offerings (environmental due diligence). We provide often strategic advice in the traditional areas of environmental law as well as in the emerging fields of climate change (greenhouse gas emission) and renewable energy regulation in particular regard to new economic instruments such as Emissions Trading, Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation (Kyoto mechanisms).
Our Environmental Group consists of lawyers with experience in all areas of environmental law including clean air and water legislation, waste management, soil protection, chemicals and hazardous materials.
Our services
- Projects
- Advice on environmental impact assessments
- Land use planning applications
- Environmental and planning advice on power, oil and gas, waste, renewable energy and infrastructure projects
- Facilities
- Corporate environmental policies
- Environmental management systems and audits
- Permits
- Contractual solutions
- Products
- Advice on product-specific environmental legislation
- Advice on recovery and recycling legislation
- Advice on packaging and labeling legislation
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Environmental due diligence at national, European and global levels
- Advice on potential liabilities
- Commercial and contractual solutions
- Advice on lender liability
- Assistance in administrative procedures
- Environmental litigation
- Climate change and Kyoto mechanisms
- Advice on new or emerging greenhouse gas emissions regulation and policy (national, EU, Kyoto Protocol)
- Contractual, administrative, tax and financial services regulation advice on trading greenhouse gas emissions
- Advice on climate change strategies (in particular securing greenhouse gas assets and addressing greenhouse gas liabilities)
- International project structuring (Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation projects, renewable energy projects)