Environment & Climate Change

Environmental and climate issues now affect how assets are developed, operated, financed, acquired and defended. Clients are navigating a more demanding and fragmented landscape, in which permitting, emissions controls, product regulation, disclosure obligations, carbon markets, supply chain traceability and climate-related litigation can all shape timing, value and risk. We help clients translate these pressures into practical legal and commercial decisions—whether they are pursuing transactions and projects, responding to regulatory change, managing legacy liabilities or preparing for scrutiny from regulators, investors, counterparties and communities.

Our offering

Managing environmental risk in transactions and projects

Early environmental analysis can shape whether a transaction or project proceeds on the expected timetable and terms. We help clients identify material issues, assess their commercial impact and reflect them in approvals, allocation of liability and post-closing planning. We advise on:

• Environmental due diligence in M&A, financings, restructurings and project development
• Liability assessment, risk allocation and contractual protections
• Permitting and approvals for infrastructure, energy and development projects
• Contaminated land, remediation obligations and legacy liabilities
• Environmental insurance and post-closing risk management

Our cross-practice perspective helps clients identify risks early and address them in commercially workable terms.

Building regulatory readiness and environmental compliance

Environmental compliance is increasingly central to how businesses operate, sell into markets and maintain stakeholder confidence. We help clients understand what changing rules mean in practice and build strategies that can withstand regulatory review. We advise on:

• Environmental compliance programs and regulatory strategy
• Climate change regulation and emerging environmental requirements
• Environmental reporting, disclosure and governance considerations
• Product-related environmental regulation, including REACH, WEEE, RoHS and related frameworks
• International environmental standards, including the Equator Principles and multilateral development bank requirements

The aim is to give legal teams and business leaders a practical basis for action as expectations continue to evolve.

Addressing climate change, disputes and environmental accountability

As companies face growing scrutiny over environmental decisions, clients need commercially realistic legal strategies. We support clients in contentious situations and before disputes arise, helping them prepare for claims, investigations and other accountability demands. We advise on:

• Climate change litigation and environmental disputes
• Regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings
• Environmental contamination and remediation disputes
• Environmental liabilities in insolvency and restructuring scenarios
• Issues arising under international environmental agreements and climate-related frameworks

We work with clients to create a clear decision-making record and reduce the risk that unresolved environmental issues will cause broader business disruption.