Why is environmental law important?

Environmental law is now a top boardroom concern. The government has set a legally binding target requiring the UK to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This legislative driver will have a huge impact across the Real Estate and corporate sectors. Businesses are expected to have Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) strategies to demonstrate their green credentials to customers, investors and insurers. If your business owns or occupies any contaminated sites, there are higher environmental liability risks that can deter investors or even require accounting provisions. Our environmental lawyers can strengthen your ESG proposition with a unique Environmental Liability Management Audit to identify contaminated land liability risks and implement mitigation steps. The legally privileged audit can also be used to prepare for vendor due diligence for disposing of contaminated land assets.

How can we help you with environment transactional support?

Our team has a national reputation for environment transactional support and brownfield development projects. We have worked on complex transactions across a broad range of environmental industries – chemicals, waste, transport and manufacturing, as well as supporting Mills & Reeve sector groups in Health, Education and Insurance. Top ranked in the Chambers UK Guide and Legal 500 , we have a particular niche for environmental liability transfer and brownfield regeneration projects. We are also one of a handful of environmental law teams in the UK with a strong environmental insurance practice.

What can you expect from our environmental lawyers?

We provide clear, practical and commercial advice on the high risk environmental issues that matter most to your business. Our experience gives us the confidence to make the right calls when the stakes are high.

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 environmental lawyers

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.

Our experience in environmental law

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

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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What our clients say..

A leader at understanding and commercially managing environmental liability.

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

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

Environmental law FAQs

Why is environmental law important?

Environmental law is now a top boardroom concern. The government has set a legally binding target requiring the UK to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This legislative driver will have a huge impact across the Real Estate and corporate sectors.

Businesses are expected to have Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) strategies to demonstrate their green credentials to customers, investors and insurers.

If your business owns or occupies any contaminated sites, there are higher environmental liability risks that can deter investors or even require accounting provisions.

Our environmental lawyers can strengthen your ESG proposition with a unique Environmental Liability Management Audit to identify contaminated land liability risks and implement mitigation steps.

The legally privileged audit can also be used to prepare for vendor due diligence for disposing of contaminated land assets.
How can we help you with environment transactional support?

Our team has a national reputation for environment transactional support and brownfield development projects.

We have worked on complex transactions across a broad range of environmental industries – chemicals, waste, transport and manufacturing, as well as supporting Mills & Reeve sector groups in Health, Education and Insurance.

Top ranked in the Chambers UK Guide and Legal 500, we have a particular niche for environmental liability transfer and brownfield regeneration projects.

We are also one of a handful of environmental law teams in the UK with a strong environmental insurance practice.
What can you expect from our environmental lawyers?

We provide clear, practical and commercial advice on the high risk environmental issues that matter most to your business.

Our experience gives us the confidence to make the right calls when the stakes are high.

Environmental legal services

Our environmental lawyers

Our experience in environmental law

Our clients

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Environmental legal services

Our environmental lawyers

Our experience in environmental law

Our clients

Did you know?

Further reading

The ‘nutrient neutrality’ issue

Environmental law FAQs

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Visitors

Existing clients

Staff