Environmental Law infiltrates almost every business. The client list of an environmental lawyer will typically include businesses in the following sectors:
Waste & Recycling
Public authorities
Energy/ Renewables
Petrochemicals
Agribusiness
Mineral products
Construction
Property Developers
Supermarkets
Landfill and composting
Abattoirs and ABP
Mining & Quarrying
Pharmaceuticals
Sewage
Paper & Rubber
Food and Drink makers
Steel and other metals
Fishing and aquaculture
Transport/Infrastructure
Healthcare
Incineration/CHP
Our legal experts have acted for all of the above sectors.
As well as dividing along industrial lines, environmental law of course divides across a wide spectrum of legal pigeon holes:
- Contaminated land
- Waste Management
- Water Pollution
- Industrial Permits & IPPC
- Due diligence
- E.I.A. and S.E.A.
- By-products/residues
- Air Quality and WID
- End-of-waste
- Liability transfer
- Supply Contracts
- Animal by-products
- Marine regulation
- Green taxes
- Sewerage
- Birds & Habitat protection
- ELVs and WEEE
- Access to Information
- Professional appointments
- EU-ETS and CRC
- Dangerous Substances
- COMAH
- Criminal Defence work
- Environmental Planning
- Biofuels
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy/CCS
Our legal team have experience of all of the above areas, with valuable knowledge having been gained from previous work on behalf of the European Commission, assessing how well various EU Member States had transposed the principal 25-30 environmental Directives into their own law.
We recognise that no-one wants to pay and get nothing out of it. We are therefore generally happy to consider potential items of business free-of-charge and provide clients with an early indication of exactly what input we envisage being able to give, and its projected cost.
