Sustainable development and environmental law

Industrial environmental law (Classified facilities, Pollution, Waste, the Law on water, quarries, etc.)

Real estate environmental law (energy performance of buildings, asbestos, termites, lead, legionella, radon, natural hazards, environmental certification, etc.)

Renewable energies (wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, etc.)

Biodiversity

Our assignments:

Regulatory support

on all environmental issues relating to an activity, product, project or real estate asset (permits, operation, alterations, transfers, discontinuance of activity, legal proceedings).

Strategic advice

on risk analysis, choice of procedures and crisis management.

Securing contractual agreements and transactional support

negotiating and drafting of environmental clauses in deeds of sale, settlement agreements, transfer agreements and financing contracts; due diligence, dealings with administrative authorities, environmental risk management in mergers & acquisitions, disposals, financing, site restructuring or reconversion operations.

Representation in environmental litigation

before civil and administrative courts and in arbitration proceedings.

Environmental law training for businesses (Fairway is a Qaliopi certified training entity)

Recent track record

  • Restructuring of several industrial sites of a car manufacturer
  • Discontinuance of activity, rehabilitation and sale of an engine manufacturing site
  • Acquisition of several logistics portfolios, due diligence on the classified
    facilities and pollution aspects, and drafting of environmental reps &
    warranties
  • Sale of an Austrian industrial site (due diligence and negotiation of the third-
    party claimant procedure)
  • Acquisition and development of data centres in the Paris region (obtaining
    operating permits, drafting the heat recovery contract, etc.)

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