Environmental legal services


Our mission is to provide innovative and practical legal solutions to environmental and sustainability issues, helping you obtain a competitive advantage.

Environmental and sustainability issues present both opportunities and compliance challenges for all businesses. We help you be compliant and ready to make the most of these commercial opportunities.

We advise on all aspects of environmental and health and safety law, including supporting on:

  • Environmental corporate and property transactions
  • Brownfield development and infrastructure projects
  • Industrial site closure and environmental liability transfer
  • Protecting clients when investigated by regulators
  • Litigation following pollution spills
  • Defending nuisance claims
  • Environmental insurance and claims support

Our experience


Our dedicated lawyers combine a deep knowledge of environmental law with a strong commercial focus and we are adept at exploring novel solutions to complex issues.

Examples of our experience include: 

  • ​Offering contaminated land and litigation advice to DB Schenker
  • Acting for Tenet Healthcare in its $215million acquisition of Aspen Healthcare
  • Advising the Defence Infrastructure Organisation on a range of property matters, including environmental liability transfer advice
  • Offering environmental advice for Tradebe in the acquisition of Scotoil Services Ltd and Solvents with Safety Ltd

Did you know?

Top ranked in Chambers

Our lead lawyer is ranked band 1 for  environmental law in the Chambers UK Guide 2019.

What our clients say about us?

“A leader at understanding and commercially managing environmental liability.”

Chambers

“Fantastic grasp of the issues and a real willingness to provide a pragmatic solution.”

Legal 500

“Understanding of the legal but also the commercial aspects of the indemnities and values on both sides of the transaction is second to none.”

Chambers

Our clients

We have extensive experience acting for large public and private sector organisations on transactions and regulatory matters. Our clients include:

  • Ministry of Defence
  • Department of Energy & Climate Change
  • DB Schenker
  • University of Cambridge
  • Bruntwood
  • DB Symmetry

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Our expertise

Environment legal services
Ground rent portfolios
Hotels
Real estate asset management
Real estate development
Real estate disputes
Business rates
Real estate finance
Real estate leasing
Residential property
Stewardship
Strategic land
Telecoms

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Real estate blog

Our real estate blog, written by our team of specialist real estate lawyers, offers you regular updates and commentary on the latest legal news in the ever changing world of real estate. 

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