Environment
With the rapid development of environmental law, environmental compliance has become a major concern as more complicated requirements are imposed on businesses and stricter controls are implemented by the regulators. Our strong and well respected environmental team has the legal expertise, technical skill and commercial understanding to ensure that our clients receive excellent legal advice and challenging environmental issues are handled efficiently with pragmatic and commercial focus. Our aim is always to work closely with our clients to promote their commercial objectives.
Over the years our environmental team has developed extensive experience in assisting clients through the intricacies of environmental law and policy in relation to contaminated land, brownfield site rehabilitation, waste management issues, producer responsibility (e.g. WEEE, RoHS, packaging, ELV, batteries), environmental licensing, environmental impact assessment, development projects, climate change, air pollution, water quality, nature conservation, nuisance, environmental prosecutions, enforcement notices, corporate and property transactions, and lender’s liability.
Environmental issues can rarely be considered in isolation. Our environmental team works closely with other specialist teams within the firm. We also work closely with leading environmental firms and experts in other jurisdictions where appropriate. We pride ourselves on being able to provide an integrated approach to environmental matters in order to offer excellent legal advice and seamless service to our clients.
Our environmental team has established an extensive network of specialist contacts in the UK and internationally. We have access to regulators and decision-makers at local, national, European and international level. In addition, our clients benefit from the expertise of our Brussels office which monitors European legislation and is able to lobby on future legislation.
Key Contacts
If you would like to speak to us about our Environment services, please contact Andrew Waite