Firms To Watch: Environment

The practice at Vingtrue Avocats, which welcomed practice leader Sarah Becker in January 2023, is active on mandates concerning waste management, permitting, environmental due diligence, and related litigation.
OYAT‘s projects, infrastructures, and environmental transition team specialises in complex contracts, real estate, environmental, and energy transition law, standing out for its commitment to the energy transition and ecological sustainability.

Environment in France

FIDAL

FIDAL‘s environmental law department is organised into 12 regional divisions specialising in environmental law. In addition to its general environmental law expertise, the firm has developed special expertise in matters relating to water law, circular economy, waste management, brownfield sites, remediation, and environmental liabilities. Standout individual Christophe Puel is the national director of the firm’s environment department and is regularly involved in assisting companies in connection with industrial accidents. Other key contact Thibaut Geib has strong expertise in environmental industrial law, polluted land matters, and the environmental-aspects of green real estate projects.

Responsables de la pratique:

Christophe Puel; Thibaut Geib


Autres avocats clés:

Pierre-Antoine Deetjen


Les références

‘Competent, motivated, available team.’

‘Pierre-Antoine Deetjen is essential for me and the reason for my collaboration with Fidal. His knowledge of environmental law is invaluable. Always available.’

‘The practice has been very professional from the start of the project; and we use the team for varying issues we have in France. They are always available and provide a first-class service to us as a team, and make us feel like very important customers.’

Principaux clients

ACIAL


Principaux dossiers


  • Defended ACIAL before the Bordeaux commercial court against liability for pollution of an industrial site.

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.‘s public law, energy, and environment team is headed by renowned individual Jean-Nicolas Clément and often advises businesses, administrations, and major public bodies. The team particularly stands out for its work in industrial, mining, and nuclear law, as well as environmental criminal law. Notably, Clément regularly provides clients with consultancy and litigation support on matters pertaining to industrial environmental law, nuclear law, and energy law. Other key individual Alice Bouillié advises industrial clients on all aspects of environmental law, particularly relating to acquisition projects, while also assisting them with litigation proceedings before administrative, civil, and criminal courts.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Nicolas Clément


Autres avocats clés:

Alice Bouillié


Les références

‘This is a team with a great deal of expertise and an incomparable quality of listening and understanding of business issues.’

‘The quality of the service is excellent, particularly with the ability to provide very rapid assistance with high quality legal and strategic support.’

‘Alice Bouillé and Jean-Nicolas Clément form a very nice team. Their great responsiveness and availability is greatly appreciated. What also characterizes this team is their ability to quickly grasp what is at stake on a legal, economic and reputational level.’

‘The team is very technical in substance. It calls on procedural law specialists from its firm or on fellow lawyers at the Council when necessary (e.g.: criminal procedure). It is very pleasant and efficient.’

‘Jean-Nicolas Clément and Alice Bouillé manage the files in a very complementary way. The team’s essential qualities are high technicality and availability.’

Principaux clients

HAROPA PORT


LISEA


Autoroutes du Sud de la France


Imerys


Prologis


Vinci Autoroutes


TotalEnergies


Paris Saint Germain Football Club


Agence Nationale de Gestion des Déchets Radioactifs


Umicore


ExxonMobil


Nintendo


Principaux dossiers


  • Assisting ASF with litigation brought by several environmental protection associations against the environmental authorisation issued for the construction of the A680 highway project connected with the A69 highway.
  • Assisting Imerys, a French multinational company specialising in the production and processing of industrial minerals, with the environmental strategy for the development of a lithium deposit project of strategic importance for the independence of the national supply in the context of the energy transition.
  • Assisting the Agence Nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs, a public body in charge of building and operating the only French and European underground site for the storage of radioactive waste (project CIGEO).

Jones Day

Jones Day’s leading environmental practice group is led by market giant Françoise Labrousse and has a strong track record advising on environmental issues in the energy, life sciences, pharmaceutical, chemicals, and food sectors. Its clients include multinational corporations, government owned entities, and public bodies. Labrousse focuses her practice on regulatory, contentious, and transactional matters relating to the environment and energy sectors. Other key contact Armelle Sandrin-Deforge stands out for her expertise in relation to renewable energy, climate change, and contaminated site cases. Karim Tarantino often advises French and international clients on industrial risks and pollution issues.

Responsables de la pratique:

Françoise Labrousse


Autres avocats clés:

Armelle Sandrin-Deforge; Elodie Simon; Karim Tarantino


Les références

‘The major assets are availability, responsiveness, the scope of the firm’s skills, and customer orientation.’

‘We regularly call upon the Environment team managed by Françoise Labrousse and her collaborator Karim Tarantino.’

‘The Environment Team has excellent expertise and demonstrates unfailing availability.’

‘The team is constantly looking for the most practical and most suitable solutions and also knows how to innovate despite sometimes very constrained environments.’

‘Elodie Simon has a very in-depth, rich and diversified knowledge in her activity, which allows her to provide excellent advice, particularly in the management of polluted sites and soils and the response strategy to the competent authorities.’

‘Very involved, an excellent teacher, Elodie Simon has a permanent sense of the interests and issues for her client, the relationship is very fluid and easy.’

Principaux clients

TotalEnergies


Eastman


Cascades Inc.


DataBank Holdings Ltd.


Suez


Sanofi


PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited


Electricité de Strasbourg


Framatome


Principaux dossiers


King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding LLP‘s leading environmental team has recently been particularly active in the environmental and toxic tort litigation sectors, as well as in matters relating to the management of pollution sites and environmental and substance regulatory issues. Joëlle Herschtel, who heads up the team, handles a wide range of litigation before French administrative, civil, and criminal courts in the fields of environment, product liability, and toxic tort. She also regularly assists her clients with the implementation of European and French environmental product safety regulations.

Responsables de la pratique:

Joëlle Herschtel


Les références

‘Very professional, available and responsive team.’

‘Joëlle Herschtel is a great professional with whom it is easy to communicate. Very good contact.’

‘Joëlle Herschtel, by far the best lawyer in environmental law. Her knowledge of classified installations law and waste law make her indispensable in any case of this type.’

Principaux clients

ArcelorMittal Méditerranée


Exide


Recylex


Saint-Gobain


Veolia


Principaux dossiers


  • Representing Arcelormittal Méditerranée, operator of a vast steel plant in Fos (Southern France), in a challenging lawsuit initiated by residents in the surrounding area who claim that four industrial operators in the area are degrading air quality and harming their health.
  • Representing Recylex in a €95m litigation case against French railway network company SNCF Réseau for claims of damages to tunnels and the railway line allegedly caused by pollution generated by industrial sites formerly operated by Recylex and RETIRA (subsidiary of Total and co-defendant).

LPA Law

LPA Law‘s environmental team covers all aspects of environmental law in France, from environmental burden, ICPE, and waste management, to nature protection matters. The team particularly stands out for its expertise in handling the environmental aspects of complex M&A transactions in France and overseas. Heading the team is Frédérique Chaillou, who has over 20 years of experience in the sector and assists clients with environmental matters from both a regulatory and contentious perspective, specialising in M&A and real estate transactions. Other key contact Vincent Sol has 30 years of experience advising major clients in the industrial and real estate sectors. Anne Delorme focuses her practice on issues related to waste, soil pollution, and air quality.

Responsables de la pratique:

Frédérique Chaillou


Autres avocats clés:

Anne Delorme; Vincent Sol


Les références

‘Very responsive, proactive, friendly team, at the service of the customer and attentive to their operational and technical needs, great strength of proposal in negotiation. Great availability and fine technical expertise for any environmental subject.’

‘Frédérique Chaillou: total investment to the client, availability, responsiveness, technical expertise, extensive knowledge of all the players in the environmental sector.’

‘Efficiency, pragmatism, very good knowledge of the sector and files, exceptional support in very long files.’

‘Highly specialized expertise in environmental matters. Excellent availability, great adaptability. Pragmatic solutions.’

‘Frédérique Chailou: Great availability, very high efficiency but above all the ability to make it clear, without being haughty, that the strategy or behaviour envisaged by the client is not suitable.’

‘A team composed of lawyers who are extremely competent in their respective fields with an innovative approach to environmental law. The team’s lawyers have a very good understanding of business issues and adapt to their interlocutors (legal or operational).’

‘Frédérique Chaillou: extremely competent, understanding of business issues, availability, ability to explain/make legal concepts understood to non-lawyers, responsiveness and kindness.’

Principaux clients

Arkema


Bolloré


Crown


Renault


Rio Tinto


RTE


Schneider Electric


Solvay


Principaux dossiers


A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman‘s public and environmental law team regularly assists clients with the environmental aspects of operating, buying, and selling sites and assets, as well as with strategic sustainability regulatory and litigation matters. Additionally, the firm often advises clients on the regulatory aspects of greenfield projects. The practice group is headed by Romaric Lazerges, who has extensive experience in climate litigation and is also involved in projects and regulatory advice in the areas of climate and environmental transition. Other key contact Arthur Sauzay focuses his practice on the ESG implications of environmental law matters.

Responsables de la pratique:

Romaric Lazerges


Autres avocats clés:

Arthur Sauzay


Principaux clients

ExxonMobil


TotalEnergies


Air France – KLM


InnovX


Econoler


Principaux dossiers


  • Advised Exxon Mobil on the sale of the Fos refinery.
  • Representing TotalEnergies on the most prominent case court in France on the French Duty of Vigilance law.
  • Advised SOFIAC (financed by MIROVA, ADEME among others) on the setting-up of an Energy Savings solution for France-based companies, through innovative environmental and financing arrangements.

August Debouzy

August Debouzy‘s public regulatory environment team is headed by Vincent Brenot and stands out for its expertise in heavy industry pollution issues, renewable energy sector permits, and circular economy regulations. The firm advises clients across both the public and private spheres. Brenot has over 20 years of experience in the sector, and often assists clients with renewable energy and environmental communication cases. Other standout individual Hélène Billery provides advisory and litigation support to companies, government bodies, and organisations across public and environmental law matters.

Responsables de la pratique:

Vincent Brenot


Autres avocats clés:

Hélène Billery


Principaux clients

TotalEnergies LNG Services France


EDF-ENR


Envision AESC


Cameco


Dunkerque LNG


L’Oréal


Altarea Cogedim


McDonalds France


Nike


Spie Batignolles


EDF


SNCF


SNCF Réseau


SNCF Mobilités


Ynsect


Sequens


Volta Inc


LVMH


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising LVMH on environmental law evolutions at the national and EU levels (packaging, circular economy).
  • Assisting Envision AESC with the environmental law aspects of the implementation in France of a gigafactory project for the production of battery modules, with a planned production capacity of 9GW by 2024 and a target of 24 GWh by 2030.
  • Assisting Cameco, one of the largest global providers of the uranium fuel needed to energize a clean-air world, with the acquisition of five subsidiaries of Westinghouse Electric Company and subsequently within the grant of an FDI clearance concerning these five subsidiaries.

Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie‘s environment practice group often advises clients on environmental risk management, waste management, and environmental audit matters. The firm particularly stands out for its expertise in environmental-related litigation work. Key contact Arnaud Cabanes heads the practice group and is regularly involved in transactions and litigation between public entities and private companies on matters relating to the environmental sector, such as waste issues. Michaël Perche and Pauline Abbouche left the firm.

Responsables de la pratique:

Arnaud Cabanes


Les références

‘Very responsive, attentive team.’

‘Arnaud Cabanes is always available, gives very good advice, and is pragmatic.’

‘What makes this practice unique is that they are very specialised in environmental matters. They diligently work to get the results you want, they also prepare a strong defence case.’

Principaux clients

Aéroports de Paris


Electricité de France


Landis+ Gyr


Shell


Leggett & Platt


Merck Sharp Dohme


Nyrstar


UAF


Crosby Group


Montabert


Principaux dossiers


  • Assisting Ralph Lauren with the implementation of several environmental packaging and marketing regulations in France related to AGEC Law of 10 February 2020, including the information on the environmental characteristics of waste generating products.

Fieldfisher

Fieldfisher LLP’s environmental practice group often assists clients with environmental-related litigation, environmental authorisations, biodiversity, and renewable energy matters. Recent areas of growth for the firm include strategy advice on ESG and greenwashing-related and PFAS issues. Marie-Léonie Vergnerie heads the team and recently contributed to the creation of innovative waste-to-product initiatives and extended producer responsibility schemes. Emmanuel Paillard has over 20 years of experience in the sector and advises clients across all areas of public and construction law, including on environmental considerations, particularly in the context of major projects.

Responsables de la pratique:

Marie-Léonie Vergnerie


Autres avocats clés:

Emmanuel Paillard


Les références

‘Excellent knowledge of CSR issues and regulations and their application to business issues.’

Principaux clients

ArianeGroup


Englobe


Eni


Erasteel


Issey Miyake


Mobivia


Pepe Jeans


Safran


Snitem


Stellantis


Principaux dossiers


Frêche & Associés

Frêche & Associés‘s environmental law team is headed by standout individual Thomas Garancher, and is dedicated to providing industrial hazard, construction, real estate, town planning, and public law services for corporate clients. In particular, the firm stands out for its expertise in environmental permitting matters and environmental litigation before all French courts. Garancher regularly assists clients in the fields of industry, real estate, energy, and infrastructure, by providing environmental advice as well as related litigation support.

Responsables de la pratique:

Thomas Garancher


Les références

‘A tight-knit team, involved in projects, with a real desire to understand and support customers. Clear and appropriate invoicing.’

‘Thomas Garancher is very familiar with environmental procedures and has provided us with very practical support in implementing a major development project. He is efficient, diligent and pragmatic in his advice.’

‘Technically impeccable team. Great practice in environmental law.’

Principaux dossiers


Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats

The environment practice group at Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats often advises market-leading industrials and investors on the environmental aspects of projects, the company’s operations, and related litigation. It also regularly supports clients in new areas of environmental law, including sustainable finance. Practice head Pauline Leddet-Troadec, who joined the firm in September 2023, specialises in industrial environmental law and stands out for advising clients on industrial risk and waste management matters.

Responsables de la pratique:

Pauline Leddet-Troadec


Les références

‘Expertise, in-depth knowledge of environmental regulations, strategic vision, firm sensitive to gender equality issues.’

‘Pauline Leddet-Troadec, associate lawyer in environmental law, stands out for her excellent knowledge of environmental regulations, and her energy.’

‘Availability, seriousness, reliability, commitment and responsiveness.’

‘The team is very dynamic and intergenerational. The relationships are very fluid.’

‘Pauline Leddet-Troadec is particularly distinguished in environmental law. She is very responsive and attentive. We feel that she is very aware of current events in her field.’

‘Extremely professional team made up of the best specialists in their field for a range of services covering all of a company’s needs.’

‘Very high expertise and responsiveness.’

‘We worked with Pauline Leddet-Troadec on an important and urgent project, and we greatly appreciated her great expertise, her responsiveness, her simple synthesis of complex questions which allowed us to quickly make decisions and guide our operational staff on the project.’

Principaux clients

LAT Nitrogen France


LAT Nitrogen Ottmarsheim


Klépierre


Kaligaz


Verallia


RATP


Société du Grand Paris


SNCF Réseau


VALOREF


TELT


STB Matériaux


Biolid


Hacer


Plaine Commune Développement


Ville de Chatenay Malabry


Compagnie Ministère Espérance


Principaux dossiers


  • Assisting LAT Nitrogen with the implementation of a low-hydrogen facility on one of its Seveso sites, to reduce carbon emissions by producing green energy with hydrogen.
  • Advising RATP on a dispute before the civil court of Paris, relating to heavy soil contamination due to asbestos and oil pollution on one of RATP’s properties. The dispute also involves other high-profile companies, including Total Energies and Veolia.
  • Representing Kaligaz, a France-based company operating methanisation plants on four disputes against Alsace Nature, a France-based environmental association, and the local water union, before administrative courts.

UGGC Avocats

UGGC Avocats offers cross-departmental advice to companies operating in various sectors, such as energy, mining, and clean technology. It regularly assists with the environmental side of managing major projects, as well as with site redevelopment matters and the sustainable management of companies. Notably, Carine Le Roy-Gleizes, who recently joined the firm, co-heads the practice and works on both litigation and advisory matters regarding environmental regulations. Fellow co-head Corentin Chevallier, who joined the firm with Gleizes, regularly advises clients on mining and environmental issues, including those regarding hazardous and registered facilities.

Responsables de la pratique:

Carine Le Roy-Gleizes; Corentin Chevallier


Les références

‘A team of professionals attentive to all changes in environmental law.’ 

‘Carine Le Roy Gleizes is a great professional. She participates in all the changes to environmental law. She knows how to popularize this complex law in negotiations without losing sight of the protection of the interests of her clients.’ 

‘The team’s main asset is Carine Le Roy Gleizes’s knowledge and mastery of environmental law litigation.’

‘In my opinion, Carine Le Roy Gleizes is the lawyer who stands out by far for her mastery, her experience and her rigour.’

Principaux clients

Engie


Mines de potasse d’Alsace


Lafarge France


KALHYGE


Northrop Grumman


GIE Osiris


Staub


Electrolux


Seqens


Elis


Axtom


Terega


Shell


Eramet


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising the Mines de Potasses d’Alsace (MDPA, Potassium Mines of Alsace) on the closure of a hazardous waste landfill in former salt mines (Project STOCAMINE).
  • Representing ENGIE in connection with issues related to ENGIE’s alleged liability on contaminated sites and brownfield redevelopment, litigation cases regarding a former gas plant, and negotiating complex sale of sites.
  • Advising Kalhyge on its relations with the environmental authorities regarding remediation actions to be taken and representation of Kalhyge in several disputes.

BCTG Avocats

BCTG Avocats‘ environment team has expertise in matters relating to industrial facilities, with a focus on renewable energy, mining, waste management, and port projects. The firm has recently seen steady growth in its offshore projects work. Key contact Paul Elfassi heads the team and specialises in environmental, urban planning, and energy law.

Responsables de la pratique:

Paul Elfassi


Autres avocats clés:

Nelsie Bergès


Les références

‘Leading environmental firm in the renewable energy sector.’

‘BCTG’s public law team has in-depth expertise in renewable energy and stands out from other firms in this regard. The team is friendly and available.’

‘Paul Elfassi and Nelsie Bergès are very competent, responsive and available and have a perfect understanding of the challenges and needs of the renewable energy sector.’

Principaux clients

Edf renouvelables group


TotalEnergies Renouvelables


Port atlantique la rochelle


Valorem


Total eren


Jpee


Vsb energies nouvelles


Wpd


Vinci Environnement


Energie team


Engie green


Alterric


Eco delta


Edf hydro developpement


Edp renewables


Elements


IBERDROLA


La banque postale


UNITE


Green lighthouse development


EMF


Endbridge


Principaux dossiers


  • Assisting EDF with securing the development of its offshore wind farm project off the coast of Dunkirk (permitting, environmental studies, participation of the public), including a litigation against the public debate.
  • Advising an international major mining Company on all the administrative procedures (Concession, Exploration Permit, mining work), raising numerous and complex mining and environmental law issues.
  • Representing a client in litigation before the French administrative courts concerning the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm project.

CMS Francis Lefebvre

The environment team at CMS Francis Lefebvre advises various types of clients including operators of ICPE facilities, developers, and investment funds across a range of environmental matters, including in the circular economy and renewable energy areas. Heading the team is Céline Cloché-Dubois who often assists clients with environmental regulation issues in relation to the real estate sector.

Responsables de la pratique:

Céline Cloché-Dubois


Les références

‘The perfect understanding and knowledge of the applicable regulations and the requirements of our industry has been a real time saver and efficiency gain for us.’

‘I would like to highlight the pedagogy, quality and conciseness of the reports provided by the teams involved.’

Principaux clients

Segro


Coca cola


Janssen


Nvidia


Amazon


Ford


Engie


Enerparc


Photosol


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising XTC New Energy and Orano on a strategic project aimed at the construction and operation of two production plants of critical materials for electric vehicle batteries on an industrial site in Dunkirk, including facilities to recycle such batteries.
  • Assisting FUCHS LUBRIFIANT FRANCE (oil refining sector) with an ongoing dispute concerning prefectural orders requiring our client to take measures to clean up an industrial site.
  • Acting as legal advisors to the Swiss Embassy and their members (Swiss companies wishing to operate on the French market) in issues relating to the circular economy.

DS Avocats

The environment and sustainable development team at DS Avocats is spearhead by Patricia Savin, who is particularly skilled in the circular economy, biodiversity, and brownfield sites, as well as sustainable real estate projects. Laura Ceccarelli-Le Guen and Vianney Cuny form an ‘excellent duo‘.

Responsables de la pratique:

Patricia Savin


Autres avocats clés:

Yvon Martinet; Laura Ceccarelli-Le Guen; Vianney Cuny


Les références

‘The most expert firm in the field, and with the best skills in the field. Ability to be a reference on the subject being consulted.’

‘Both a broad approach to the client’s issues, and very detailed and precise in the answers.’

‘Excellent duo formed by Laura Ceccarelli-Legue and Vianney Cuny: very precise and knowledgeable experts in environmental matters, providing clear and concise answers to complex issues. Ability to embrace the issues related to their subject.’

‘A team that is involved and respectful of each other.’

‘Advanced expert services in environmental law and export control.’

‘The firm’s strong point is its expertise in the field and the great responsiveness of its teams.’

Principaux clients

Carrier Culoz


 


Cromwell Property France


 


Ecocert India


 


Grands Moulins De Paris


Imerys Aluminates


New Duralex International


Sadev94


Societe De Developpement Axe Nord


Groupement Intermarche


Scannell Properties


Hutchinson


Gse


Val De Seine Amenagement


Ikea


Principaux dossiers


Fairway A.A.R.P.I.

The environment and sustainable development practice group at Fairway A.A.R.P.I. addresses environmental law issues linked to real estate or corporate transactions within the industrial activities and renewable energy industries. Juliette Bril, who heads the team, has in-depth expertise in industrial regulations and real estate-related environmental law issues.

Responsables de la pratique:

Juliette Bril


Les références

‘Responsiveness, availability, operational efficiency, pragmatism. Management of complex subjects. Digitalization.’

‘Juliette Bril: Responsiveness, availability, operational efficiency, pragmatism, results-oriented. Management of complex subjects.’

‘I have been a client of Juliette Bril for 20 years and I always use her services as she excels in Environmental Law and particularly in the Law of Classified Installations for the Protection of the Environment (ICPE).’

Principaux clients

Orange


Siemens SA


VGP


Stellantis


Nidec Leroy Somer


FertigHy


STAM EUROPE


McDonalds


Patrizia


ADIM


Federal Mogul France


Amundi


Sunrock


Realterm


Spirit


Générale du Solaire


Technicolor


Axa real estate


SibanyeStillwater


Altarea


Crossbay


Cloud HQ


Sixième sens Immobilier


Novaxia


Aldi


Primonial Reim


Principaux dossiers


HK Legal

HK Legal‘s environment and energy practice group often advises local authorities on issues surrounding the public management of water, and on matters relating to the communication of environmental public documents. Louis-Narito Harada leads the team and has extensive experience dealing with administrative courts and representing clients before civil and criminal courts on environmental-related matters.

Responsables de la pratique:

Louis-Narito Harada


Les références

‘Louis-Narito Harada is a high-quality professional who not only knows the regulations governing the cases in which he intervenes but above all puts them into perspective with the specificities of each case. Creativity and rigour are two of his qualities.’

Principaux clients

Adisseo


Pall


Plastic Omnium


CVE


Halliburton


BayWa


Telehouse


Région Réunion


TagEnergy


Ibiden


Sherwin Williams


MEDEF Alsace and Fédération Nationale des Transporteurs (FNTR) Alsace


Aéroport de La Réunion Roland Garros


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising CVE, the leading international multi-energy IPP, including its solar, biogas and hydro business unites, on litigations relating to environmental permits and strategic development areas.

Jeantet

Jeantet‘s environmental law practice group assists numerous international industrial companies with the successful operation of their sites whilst complying with regulatory obligations, as well as the implementation of innovative projects. Hélène Gelas represents her clients in litigation surrounding the development and implementation of energy projects. Adrien Fourmon regularly advises clients on audits and due diligence processes for the sale and financing of renewables and infrastructure projects.

Responsables de la pratique:

Hélène Gelas; Adrien Fourmon


Principaux clients

Nature Energy


Qenergy France


Total Energies Renouvelables France


Engie


Ecodelta


ERG


Principaux dossiers


Kalliopé

Kalliopé‘s environmental and industry practice group often assists clients with conducting the legal analysis of environmental risks associated with their projects. The firm has recently seen an increase in mandates involving criminal issues relating to environmental obligations. Notable individual Lorenzo Balzano often provides advisory and representation services in industrial environmental law, while Jocelyn Duval regularly assists clients with environmental law-specific procedures such as environmental assessments.

Responsables de la pratique:

Lorenzo Balzano; Jocelyn Duval


Les références

‘Very good team.’

‘Excellent competence and expertise in the matters of Real Estate Law.’

‘Excellent business acumen and risk management.’

Principaux clients

Vinci Airports


Foncière Magellan


Neoen


Veolia


Europipe


AXA Real Estate Management Investment Managers


Corning


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising Perial Development on the rules and obligations relating to information on changes in industrial operating procedures and analysing the distribution of risks relating to the reclamation of an industrial site (with an activity subject to ICPE) that had been partially destroyed by fire.
  • Assisting Aéroports du Grand Ouest with a recourse launched by the municipality of Saint-Aignan against the environmental authorisations regularising the administrative situation of the Nantes Airport and permitting the carrying out of new works relating to the modernisation of the airport.
  • Assisting Caisse d’Epargne Rhone Alpes and CDC in the framework of a (pre) litigation dispute with a major real estate developer in connection with defects concerning the geothermy system of a brand-new building in South of France resulting from a water pollution (real estate and regulatory issues, in particular ICPE law and Law on water regulation).

Lacourte Raquin Tatar

Lacourte Raquin Tatar‘s environment team advises and litigates on behalf of leading developers, investment funds, industrial groups, and professional federations. Notably, head of the team Xavier de Lesquen specialises in public law, with a particular focus on urban planning and environmental law issues.

Responsables de la pratique:

Xavier de Lesquen; Anne-Laure Gauthier


Les références

‘Excellent availability and responsiveness of the team with professionalism and common sense. Priority given to results.’

‘The Lacourte firm is very competent and responsive in the field of renewable energies. They have been defending our projects for several years in litigation and advising us on different types of issues. We are very satisfied with their services and their management of our files.’

‘Anne-Laure Gauthier is very friendly and committed to her cases. In addition to her competence and her level of expertise in renewable energy law, which is beyond doubt, she is invested in her cases, which is reassuring and appreciable for us.’

‘The Lacourte team knows how to offer real support, thanks to the quality of its lawyers, their experience with complex cases, their ability to work in English with American investors, and their balance between legal vision of the issues and commercial sense.’

‘Speed of execution and reliability of analyses – delivered on time – good customer service.’

‘Anne-Laure Gauthier is always available, clear and educational with the non-lawyer teams.’

‘The Environment team has extensive expertise in renewable energy law, both on environmental law issues and on urban planning law issues.’

‘Anne-Laure Gauthier is very competent, responsive and available.’

Principaux clients

BNP Paribas Real Estate


Atland


Kaufman & Broad


Carrefour Property


Accueil Immobilier


Hines


SEDIF


CITEO


Fédération des Promoteurs Immobiliers de France


Association des Maires de France


Pure Salmon


Eno Energy


Altergie


Total Energies


QEnergy


Générale du Solaire


EDP Renewables


WPD


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising CITEO (which is the largest eco-organization in the household packaging waste sector) on the context of ongoing strategic discussions with the State, on the evolution of the role and regulatory missions of eco-organisations for household packaging.
  • Representing USAN before the Administrative Court of Lille in defense of two decrees issued by the Prefect of the Nord department, one declaring the project to create two flood expansion zones (ZEC) in the Terdeghem commune to be in the public interest (DUP), and the other granting USAN an environmental permit for their construction.
  • Assisting ENO with the preparation of an environmental permit application to regularize and cease operations following the cancellation of the previous environmental permit by the Nantes Administrative Court of Appeal and defending these provisional authorizations in litigation.

Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke‘s environmental law practice is headed by Joanna Peltzman and covers both advisory and litigation environmental work. It particularly stands out for its expertise on matters relating to environmental permits, compliance, circular economy, and sustainable development. Peltzman is well renowned for her expertise in regulatory issues surrounding the environment and life sciences sectors.

Responsables de la pratique:

Joanna Peltzman


Les références

‘It is a team that brings together all the complementary skills to cover the broadest possible spectrum and best meet the needs of customers who are operating in an increasingly complex context.’

‘Joanna Peltzman is always available and attentive to her clients. She is a force for proposals and knows how to offer tailor-made solutions to her clients.’

‘I consider this team highly professional for the following strengths and assets: Availability and accessibility, skills, efficiency, ease in making technical subjects understood.’

Principaux clients

Abbott


Battri


Implus EU


Principaux dossiers


  • Advised Abbott on a dispute concerning the amount of eco-contribution.
  • Advised Battri on its negotiations with the landlord to allow processing to take place on site and assisted the company in obtaining its ICPE permits.
  • Advised IMPLUS on its efforts to comply with the regulations governing classified installations.

Valmy Avocats

Valmy Avocats‘ environment team was created by Marie-Laetitia de la Ville-Baugé and assists clients with all areas of French and European environmental law, including the obtaining of environmental authorisations for major projects, and issues arising from waste and mining matters. de la Ville-Baugé is lauded for providing 'flawless expertise' and 'legal advice with real operational scope on complex subjects'.

Responsables de la pratique:

Marie-Laetitia de La Ville-Baugé


Les références

‘The firm’s expertise and availability are assets. Marie-Laetitia de La Ville-Baugé is involved in the company’s most important environmental file: creation of an industrial platform for fuel distribution. Her advice is valuable and appreciated.’

‘Marie-Laetitia de La Ville-Baugé stands out for her great expertise and professionalism. She provides flawless expertise to deliver legal advice with real operational scope on complex subjects. Her advice is appreciated well beyond the legal department.’

‘A responsive team that listens to our needs. Great availability.’

Principaux clients

ADP


Société du Canal Seine Nord Europe


Compagnie des Alpes


IDEX


Parc Astérix


STGM


Landis+Gyr


Tereos


Hewlett Packard


Aubert et Duval


SEVABEL


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising the SCSNE on the granting of the environmental authorizations of the project of fluvial infrastructure “Canal Seine Nord Europe” that will link the Seine and Oise basins to the wide-gauge European (the canal will be 54m wide at the surface, 4.50m deep and 105km long – EUR4.7bn).
  • Advising AEROPORTS DE PARIS on all environmental issues (pollution issues, Water law, ICPE, jet fuel operation, new infrastructures).
  • Advising TEREOS on environmental matters, in particular, assisting with the sale of part of the sites formerly operated by Tereos (Vauciennes, Escaudoeuvres).

Huglo Lepage Avocats

Huglo Lepage Avocats’ environmental law department, which is headed by notable individuals Corinne Lepage and Christian Huglo, has a strong presence in the fields of industrial environment, circular economy, and environmental health, including numerous lawsuits on the subject of pesticides.

Responsables de la pratique:

Corinne Lepage; Christian Hugo


Principaux dossiers


  • Representing a client in an appeal to the administrative court against a prefectoral order authorising the extension of a company’s authorisation to store dangerous, non-radioactive products in deep geological formations.
  • Assisting a water syndicate in litigation relating to a building permit that could have an impact on the quality of the water supplied.
  • Assisting two Swiss local authorities confronted with major water pollution caused by perchlorate from France in identifying the causes of the pollution and accurately assessing the amount of the damage.

PARADIGMES

The environment practice group at PARADIGMES stands out for its niche expertise in waste management matters. Notably, head of the group Evguenia Dereviankine advises numerous French industrial and waste management companies on waste management issues and related environmental considerations.

Responsables de la pratique:

Evguenia Dereviankine


Les références

‘Customer proximity, competence, overview, involvement, availability.’

‘Very responsive team with knowledge of the industry’s professions and how it works.’

‘Feeling of proximity with the team creates a relationship of trust and allows for effective strategy development.’

Principaux dossiers


Soulier Avocats

Soulier Avocats‘ environment and regulatory department is headed by the firm’s managing partner Jean-Luc Soulier and has in-depth expertise in environmental matters relating to chemicals and phytopharmaceutical products, as well as associated health risks. The firm regularly provides environmental advice to clients in the life science, energy, and automotive industries.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jean-Luc Soulier


Principaux dossiers