Environmental litigation, DR, claim management

Providing advice on structuring, optimising and steering environmental claims and conducting litigation.

Heightened awareness of environmental issues and the impact of new legislation have contributed greatly to a rise in disputes in this area.

Our experience has shown that the success of environmental litigation and claim management depends to a large extent on successfully combining legal and technical expertise as well as implementing suitable tools such as electronic databases. Dealing with a number of claims at the same time requires both manpower and clear advice on strategy, argumentation and dispute resolution. Clients tell us that our management services provide them with considerable economic value. We have also had opposing parties who failed to take claim management seriously from the beginning admit afterwards that this was a mistake.

Litigation and/or arbitration on environmental claims requires lawyers who have expertise in environmental law and other fields such as international dispute law, transaction law and criminal law. We can help in estimating risks of environmental litigation, building up appropriate balance sheets reserves and advising on alternative risk transfer. We work regularly with highly regarded international environmental consultants to help ensure the right combination of legal and technical expertise is available at all times.

As well as contract disputes and civil claims, we can also represent you in criminal prosecutions and regulatory actions arising from non-compliance or incidents of pollution.

For more information on how we can help, contact a member of the team.