Environmental law & sustainable development
The firm advises companies and public authorities on the legal issues raised by the environment and sustainable development, from renewable energy to the management of sites, contaminated land and waste. It also assists its clients in structuring their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. This expertise is deployed in advisory work as well as in litigation.
How the firm acts
- Renewable energy law
- Water law, contaminated sites and land, and waste regulation
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Key points of the practice
Renewable energy, water, contaminated sites and land, waste and CSR.
Two offices: Paris and Marseille.
Advisory work and environmental litigation.
Monitoring of renewable energy projects and CSR obligations.
General principles worth knowing
What is a classified installation for environmental protection (ICPE)?
A classified installation for environmental protection (*installation classée pour la protection de l’environnement*) is an installation whose operation presents risks or drawbacks for the environment or for health, and which is subject to a regime of declaration, registration or authorisation according to its degree of hazard.
What obligations apply to a company in relation to contaminated land?
The operator, and in some cases the owner, may be required to remediate a site by reference to its future use, under the supervision of the administration, and must anticipate those obligations before any disposal or change of activity.
What is CSR and what legal obligations flow from it?
Corporate social responsibility refers to the voluntary integration of social and environmental considerations into a business’s activity, which increasingly overlaps with statutory obligations in respect of non-financial reporting and duty of vigilance.
What remedies are available in litigation concerning a renewable energy project?
Decisions granting or refusing authorisation for a renewable energy project may be challenged before the administrative courts, within time limits and under procedures that should be anticipated from the design stage of the project.
When can the firm step in?
- Exemple type
Advising a local authority on a renewable energy development project.
- Exemple type
Advising an industrial company on the management of contaminated land.
- Exemple type
CSR audit of a company ahead of an acquisition.
Initial enquiry
Contact the firm about environmental law & sustainable development.
Set out the essential facts, the parties involved and any deadlines. The firm will review the enquiry and carry out its conflict checks before confirming whether it can act.
- Meetings in Paris, Marseille or remotely
- Individuals, executives and companies
- Please send no confidential documents before written confirmation