Expert Guides - Environment

Space junk: debris of a different level

Those of us who study and analyze environmental problems are now faced with the need to stop looking downwards (soil, water) or around us (air, noise...) in order to raise our gaze towards (literally) higher objectives

20/03/2018 Maria de las Mercedes Esquivel, University of El Salvador, Argentina Héctor Rodríguez Molnar, Rodríguez Molnar & Asociados, Spain

Business outlook for 2018: Environmental and climate change resilience

Environmental law considerations (and particularly climate change impacts) are expected to be a key business focus in South Africa for 2018

20/03/2018 Matthew Burnell, Herbert Smith Freehills, South Africa

The new European strategy for plastics in a circular economy

Plastic represents one of the most commonly used substances

20/03/2018 Manuel de Andrade Neves, Abreu Advogados, Portugal Madalena Bernardes Coelho, Abreu Advogados, Portugal Telmo Coutinho Rodrigues, Abreu Advogados, Portugal

The near end of the exploitation of hydrocarbons in France: the HULOT Law

With the adoption of the n° 2017-1839 law of December 30th 2017, France has become the first country in the world banning research and exploitation of hydrocarbons on its territory

20/03/2018 Laurence Lanoy, Laurence Lanoy - Avocats, France Cathy Morales Frenov, Laurence Lanoy - Avocats, France

The Brazilian forest code and legal certainty for energy projects

On February 28, 2018, judgment of the constitutionality of several key provisions of the Brazilian Forest Code (Law 12,651/2012) was concluded by the Supreme Court, in deciding four direct actions for unconstitutionality (ADIs 4901, 4902, 4903 and 4937) and one direct action for constitutionality...

20/03/2018 Simone Paschoal Nogueira, SiqueiraCastro, Brazil

Energy Storage – There’s a Storm Coming

The idea of energy storage is not new – pumped hydro-electric solutions have been used in the UK for decades, but advancement in battery technologies and a sharp decline in the cost of a leading technology – lithium-ion batteries – means that energy storage is finally becoming an economically viable...

21/03/2017 Steven McNab, Simmons & Simmons, United Kingdom Sarah-Jane Denton, Simmons & Simmons, United Kingdom

A step further in limiting pollutant emissions in Europe: the new directive 2016/2284

1. On 17th December 2016, Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14th December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC, was published in the Official Journal of...

21/03/2017 Carlos de Miguel Perales, Uría Menéndez, Spain Carlos Oviedo, Uría Menéndez, Spain

Is there a future to the feed-in-tariff system in the European Union?

As it is undisputed, the natural resources are being cut off in an unsustainable rate that calls for action – article 191 (1), §3, TFEU. Accordingly, the renewable energy sources (RES) are being called upon to replace the fossil-based energy.

21/03/2017 Manuel de Andrade Neves, Abreu Advogados, Portugal

Contaminated land liability in New Zealand: Lessons from a Supreme Court decision

The Supreme Court’s decision last July in the case of Mobil Oil New Zealand v Development Auckland has implications for liability for contaminated land under leases in New Zealand

21/03/2017 Rachel Devine, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, New Zealand Patricia Green, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, New Zealand

The simplification and modernization of environmental procedures under French environmental law

Important reforms of French environmental law have either entered into force as of January 1st 2017 or will shortly apply

21/03/2017 Joëlle Herschtel, King & Spalding, France Laura Chambon, King & Spalding, France

The environmental licensing rules in Brazil

Established in 1981 by the National Environmental Policy (Federal Law No. 6938), the environmental licensing is an instrument implemented by it that has always had great importance in the development of our country

21/03/2017 Simone Paschoal Nogueira, SiqueiraCastro, Brazil

ICC to focus on environmental crimes: a landmark move for International Environmental Law

On September 15, 2016, the International Criminal Court announced it will work to prosecute and adjudicate environmental crimes

21/03/2017 Alessandra Lehmen, Juchem Advocacia, Brazil

Climate change risks: What do you need to disclose?

Climate change poses risks across all industries, and these risks are not confined to the long term

21/03/2017 Elisa de Wit, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia Victoria Vilagosh, Norton Rose Fulbright, Australia

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Expert	Firm	Country
Aldaz, Anabela	Guyer & Regules	Uruguay
Alexander, Mary Rose	Latham & Watkins	US
Andersson, Tove	Setterwalls	Sweden
Armstrong QC, Brad	Lawson Lundell	Canada
Barnett, Bonnie Allyn	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath	US
Barsh, Kerri L	Greenberg Traurig	US
Bell, Christopher L	Greenberg Traurig	US
Bengtsson, Mårten	Åberg & Co	Sweden
Bergeson, Lynn L	Bergeson & Campbell	US
Bernardes Coelho, Madalena	Abreu Advogados	Portugal
Bishop, Timothy S	Mayer Brown	US
Brownell, F William	Hunton Andrews Kurth	US
Bruno, Kevin J	Blank Rome	US
Buente Jr, David T	Sidley Austin	US
Cana, Ruxandra	Steptoe & Johnson	Belgium
Cassidy, Paul R	McCarthy Tétrault	Canada
Christie, Lloyd	ENSafrica	South Africa
Clément, Jean-Nicolas	Gide Loyrette Nouel	France
Cohen, Abbi L	Dechert	US
Connolly, Annemargaret	Weil Gotshal & Manges	US
Cooper, Rosalind H	Fasken	Canada
Cranston, David	Greenberg Glusker	US
Dahme, Harry	Gowling WLG	Canada
Danahy, Jennifer	Gowling WLG	Canada
Davies, Paul	Latham & Watkins	United Kingdom
Davis, Andrew N	Shipman & Goodwin	US
de Andrade Neves, Manuel	Abreu Advogados	Portugal
de las Mercedes Esquivel, Maria	University of El Salvador	Argentina
de Miguel Perales, Carlos	Uría Menéndez	Spain
de Wit, Elisa	Norton Rose Fulbright	Australia
Dennis, Patrick W	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	US
Denstedt QC, Shawn	Osler Hoskin & Harcourt	Canada
Denton, Sarah-Jane	Simmons & Simmons	United Kingdom
Devine, Rachel	MinterEllisonRuddWatts	New Zealand
Eggert, Russell R	Troutman Sanders	US
Ellinghaus, Ulrich	Baker McKenzie	Germany
Fortier, Michael	Torys	Canada
Garrido, Santiago	Hogan Lovells	Spain
Gauvin, Mira	Dentons	Canada
Grau Neto, Werner	Pinheiro Neto Advogados	Brazil
Grayson, E Lynn	Nijman•Franzetti	US
Green, Patricia	MinterEllisonRuddWatts	New Zealand
Griffiths, Leonard J	Bennett Jones	Canada
Harding, Ryan M	McDermott Will & Emery	US
Herschtel, Joëlle	King & Spalding	France
Hill, Margaret A	Blank Rome	US
Hoare, Rebecca	Norton Rose Fulbright	Australia
Hsiao, Peter	King & Spalding	US
Israel, Brian D	Arnold & Porter	US
Johnson Koch, LeAnn	Perkins Coie	US
Kahn, Jonathan W	Blake Cassels & Graydon	Canada
Kazaz, Charles	Blake Cassels & Graydon	Canada
Labrousse, Françoise	Jones Day	France
Lanoy, Laurence	Laurence Lanoy - Avocats	France
Laurin, Rudolf	Wistrand	Sweden
Lehmen, Alessandra	Juchem Advocacia	Brazil
Lewis, Edward Clark	Norton Rose Fulbright	US
Linnerborg, Anders	Setterwalls	Sweden
Little, Catherine D	Troutman Sanders	US
Lofting, James	HWL Ebsworth	Australia
Ludwiszewski, Raymond B	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	US
Mandelbaum, David G	Greenberg Traurig	US
May, Caroline	Norton Rose Fulbright	United Kingdom
Milaré, Édis	Milaré Advogados	Brazil
Mullins, Natalie	Gowling WLG	Canada
Murray, Penny	Addisons	Australia
Nathanson, Kirsten L	Crowell & Moring	US
Nelson, Daniel W	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher	US
Nogueira, Simone Paschoal	SiqueiraCastro	Brazil
Oviedo, Carlos	Uría Menéndez	Spain
Pacey, Kathryn	Clayton Utz	Australia
Palmer, Heather M	Sidley Austin	US
Pike, Alexandria J	Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg	Canada
Pimentel Garcia, Lina	Mattos Filho	Brazil
Powell, Sarah V	Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg	Canada
Richards, Kirstie	K&L Gates	Australia
Rivlin, Kenneth	Allen & Overy	US
Rock, Nicholas	Reed Smith	United Kingdom
Rodrigues, Telmo Coutinho	Abreu Advogados	Portugal
Rodríguez Molnar, Héctor	Rodríguez Molnar & Asociados	Spain
Rourke, Felicity	Allens	Australia
Shannon, Noni	Norton Rose Fulbright	Australia
Sheahan, Anne-Marie	Sheahan	Canada
Smith, Claire	Clayton Utz	Australia
Spence, Deborah	Arthur Cox	Ireland
Steel, Michael J	Morrison & Foerster	US
Tenpas, Ronald J	Vinson & Elkins	US
Townsend, Matthew	Allen & Overy	United Kingdom
Tsuchiyama Baker, Debra	Baker · Wotring	US
Tung, Christopher	K&L Gates	Hong Kong
Ullestam, Felicia	Mannheimer Swartling	Sweden
Vergnerie, Marie-Léonie	Fieldfisher	France
Vidmar, Jacqueline M	Quarles & Brady	US
Wallgren, Matias	Castrén & Snellman	Finland
Wild, Elizabeth	Norton Rose Fulbright	Australia
Wilson, Paul	Fasken	Canada
Wood, Allison D	McGuireWoods	US
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