Environmental Law

Industrial Environment – Classified Facilities

Audit of authorisation application files subjected to ICPE legislation (installations classées pour la protection de l’environnement – classified facilities for the protection of the environment) and Water Law – monitoring of the procedures and relations with the administration and third parties

Advice on cessation of activity, remediation and post-operational operations

Assistance with industrial risks management (Seveso facilities, technological risk prevention plan (plan de prévention des risques technologiques – PPRT), pipelines, etc.) and pollution management

Analysis of environmental risks related to the acquisition or transfer of companies and real estate (due diligence), drafting and negotiation of liability guarantees

Administrative, judicial and criminal litigation

Polluted Sites and Soils

Recovery and redevelopment of industrial wasteland

Drafting of environmental clauses in deeds of assignment

Monitoring of expertise measures and litigation

Waste

Legal advice related to waste management: recovery and disposal, management of by-products, end-of-waste status, cross-border transfers

Assistance in the management of excavated land and construction waste

Waste management litigation

Real Estate Projects and Transport Infrastructures

Audit of projects’ legal framework according to procedures (declaration of public utility (déclaration d’utilité publique – DUP), public participation, environmental and urban planning authorisations) and environmental constraints (Natura 2000, protected species, land clearing, etc.)

Audit of environmental impact assessments and assistance in the preparation of regulatory files

Implementation of environmental compensation measures

Authorisations litigation

Energy

Nuclear law: advice and assistance on litigation related to the construction, operation, shut down and decommissioning of basic nuclear installations (installations nucléaires de base – INB), management of decommissioning charges, nuclear third party liability

Renewable energy: advice and assistance on litigation related to the construction and operation of energy production facilities, renewable energy support schemes