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Environment, Health & Safety and Carbon Markets Environment, Health & Safety and Carbon Markets team members

Service areas

Environmental issues, climate change and the vulnerability of the earth's eco-system count among the main popular political issues of the early 21st Century, creating effective political pressure on all levels of government and regulator to prioritise environmental protection and climate change in new policy initiatives and legislation.

Companies must anticipate imminent increased legal burdens and navigate the risks posed to their business. Companies who ignore environmental issues do so in jeopardy of significant financial penalties, reputational damage, loss of consumer confidence and unwelcome regulatory attention.  Lovells’ specialist Environment, Health and Safety and Carbon Markets practice provides pragmatic, competitive legal and commercial advice on the full range of contentious and non-contentious EHS and climate change issues, with recognised experts in matters such as incident response, transactional risk, environmental liability and the carbon markets. Our reputation in this area is confirmed by our track record in high-profile and complex cases and transactions for major international corporate and banking clients and by legal directory entries.  

We offer:

  • a personal approach combined with business impact awareness and the necessary technical and scientific knowledge.
  • extensive experience of co-ordinating integrated working with international teams, notably with US and EU counterparts and experts in international due diligence exercises and liability assessments.
  • cross-border compliance experience of issues arising in Europe, Africa, Middle East, SE Asia, Australia.
  • particular understanding of compliance issues and future exposure in energy, manufacturing, construction, engineering, pharmaceutical sectors.
  • four senior lawyers specialising in key areas of EHS practice, and two in the carbon markets practice, reflecting continued client demand.
  • unrivalled experience of working opposite and alongside the full range of regulatory and government bodies.
  • backed up by Lovells Science Team with several post-doctorate scientists to analyse complex technical issues and a public affairs practice which monitors and lobbies on developments in EU environmental law.
  • well-established network of expert contacts within EHS agencies, consultancies, and other relevant industry and academic institutions.

Please follow the links below for further details of each of our specialist areas.