Environment and Climate Change

Helping our clients go further

Our specialist lawyers offer focused, practical and relevant advice covering a wide area of environmental matters, to ensure environmental compliance throughout the entire lifecycle of a project:

day-to-day environmental compliance
- waste management assistance
- advising on general regulatory compliance
- liability and risks assessment in relation to activities that are conducted within areas under specific regulatory regimes
- assistance and representation pending control procedures performed by the authorities;
- solutions for mitigating risks
mergers and acquisitions (environmental implications throughout all phases of business transactions)
project implementation
- advising on required regulatory documents
- assistance in relation to the obligations entailed by the development of the project
permitting for operational purposes (advising on the permitting procedures that need to be pursued for obtaining the relevant environmental authorisations, including SEVESO permitting, water management authorization, Natura 2000 permit, WEEE / batteries and accumulators producer’s registration, other regulatory acts as the case may be; our advice may also concern sanitary – veterinary and food safety, transport, forestry, nuclear, and agriculture permitting).

Client successes

assisted one of the largest metallurgical groups in South-Eastern Europe in connection with (a) complex environmental compliance matters with respect to metallurgy waste dump management and processing; and (b) the restructuring of the business carried out in Romania through a publicly traded company, a Romanian company engaged in production of metallurgical zinc and lead from mining concentrates;
assisted a global leading supplier of materials for petrochemical, oil, gas, and power industries in connection to the due diligence analysis conducted for the purpose of acquiring a local company that manufactures and sells a diversified range of technological equipment used in several industries (petroleum and natural gas, chemical, petrochemical, energy, mining, nuclear, water, subsea, etc.);
assisted one of the largest meat products manufacturer in Romania on aspects concerning loss prevention and environmental audit process especially regarding the related aspects concerning the wastewater plant, chemicals warehouse, packaging and auxiliary materials warehouse, production and expedition areas as per the audit of the plants of the company in Europe;
assisted a global renewable energy developer and energy provider in relation to the required environmental permits and the corresponding procedure to be pursued for the incorporation of a photovoltaic power station in Romania;
assisted the largest Romanian household appliances producer on the incorporation of a collective organization for waste management, as well as on day-to-day matters arising from environmental liability.