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Urban wastelands and brownfields

Whether you are an investor, a developer or a manufacturer, we offer you pragmatic, operational support for your investment transactions and your disinvestment obligations. We structure and implement construction and development operations, ensuring that utmost consideration is given to environmental liabilities and land tenure security while assisting you in obtaining adapted planning documents.
Our dedicated multidisciplinary team offers a thoroughly comprehensive approach to the remediation of industrial and urban areas that encompasses environmental law, including contaminated land, town planning, property, taxation and insolvency.

Environmental aspects of mergers and acquisitions

Highly esteemed for its expertise — from the creation of data rooms, to the definition of a dedicated strategy, to environmental auditing, to negotiating environmental clauses in all types of contracts —our team helps you complete and secure all technical and legal elements of your transactions. In addition to its clients, the team also works with major firms specialising in mergers and acquisitions.

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LPA-CGR avocats ranked again in the Chambers & Partners Europe Guide! - 14 March 2024 LPA-CGR avocats ranked again in the Chambers & Partners Europe Guide! In the Chambers & Partners Europe 2024 ... LPA-CGR avocats ranked again in the Chambers & Partners Europe Guide! - 17 March 2022 LPA-CGR avocats ranked again in the Chambers & Partners Europe Guide! Several of our practices and many lawyers ... LPA-CGR avocats again ranked in the Chambers Global Guide 2022 - LPA-CGR avocats again ranked in the Chambers Global Guide 2022 Our international expertise has again been recognized in the Chambers ... Best wishes for 2021 from LPA-CGR avocats -  Best wishes for 2021 from LPA-CGR avocats [video width="1920" height="1080" ... Frédérique Chaillou won the Women in Law 2019 awards by Lawyer Monthly - Frédérique Chaillou won the Women in Law 2019 awards by Lawyer Monthly With the legal profession traditionally being male-dominated, ... LPA-CGR avocats ranked among the best lawyers firms by Legal 500 EMEA 2019 - 2019, April 18th Find out LPA-CGR avocats rankings published by Legal 500 EMEA for 2019 In Legal 500 EMEA 2019 rankings, some of our areas have been ... LPA-CGR avocats ranked among the best in Chambers & Partners - 2019, Marc 11th LPA-CGR avocats ranked among the best in Chambers & Partners guides (Global et Europe) In Chambers Global and Chambers Europe ... Frédérique Chaillou was appointed Regional Representative Europe of the International Bar Association's Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee - 2019, February 15th Frédérique Chaillou was appointed Regional Representative Europe of the International Bar Association's Environment, Health and Safety ... Hélène Gelas honoured again as one of the most most influential women in the renewable energy sector by GreenUnivers - Hélène Gelas honoured again as one of the most most influential women in the renewable energy sector by GreenUnivers In the frame of ... [Press] Environmental permitting for wind energy projects in France: when simplifying gets complicated - may 12th 2017 Environmental permitting for wind energy projects in France: when simplifying gets complicated Partner Fabrice Cassin has published ...
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LPA-CGR avocats and SZA advised Mutares on the acquisition of a production site for transmissions from automotive supplier Magna - Paris, 10 january 2023 LPA-CGR avocats and SZA advised Mutares on the acquisition of a production site for transmissions from ... LPA-CGR avocats advised Symrise in its submission of binding offers to acquire Société Française d'Aromatiques (SFA) R. Romani® and Neroli Invest DL - LPA-CGR avocats advised Symrise in its submission of binding offers to acquire Société Française d'Aromatiques (SFA) R. Romani® and ... LPA-CGR avocats advised Mutares on a binding offer for the acquisition of Sealynx International from GMD Group - December 2, 2021 LPA-CGR avocats advised Mutares on a binding offer for the acquisition of Sealynx International from GMD ... LPA-CGR avocats appoints 3 new Partners - 8 January 2021 LPA-CGR avocats appoints 3 new Partners LPA-CGR avocats is pleased to announce the appointment of Ran Hu (M&A/China Desk), Stephan ... LPA-CGR avocats advised Orano in the acquisition of KSB Service Energie and its subsidiaries from the group KSB - LPA-CGR avocats advised Orano in the acquisition of KSB Service Energie and its subsidiaries from the group KSB LPA-CGR avocats ... LPA-CGR avocats assists EnBW within the acquisition of VALECO in France - June 4th 2019 Paris, June 4th 2019 LPA-CGR avocats assists EnBW within the acquisition of VALECO in France LPA-CGR avocats advised EnBW Energie ... LPA-CGR avocats welcomes on board new Members to its governing bodies - The general meeting of the partners of LPA-CGR avocats, made up of 40 partners, appointed new members to its governing bodies – the ... LPA-CGR avocats assiste CNH INDUSTRIAL dans la reprise de SBMTP et de TP GROUP - LPA-CGR avocats represents CNH INDUSTRIAL in the Acquisition of SBMTP and TP GROUP LPA-CGR avocats advised the CNH INDUSTRIAL group ... LPA-CGR avocats strengthens its ties in Germany in an alliance with the law firm GGV to become the first French law firm with 3 offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich   - LPA-CGR avocats and the German law firm GGV announce their partnering to create LPA-GGV.   LPA-CGR avocats has been present in ...
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What if the environment and sustainable development were the focus of your business challenges?

Industrial groups, real estate professionals and public entities now face environmental and sustainable development issues on a daily basis. Our team, led by fifteen lawyers cited among the best specialists in this area, helps you manage your assets and the risks associated with your business and supports you in completing your development and reorganisation projects.
To achieve this, we have developed a unique approach based on both legal and technical expertise, an established relationship with all stakeholders, including national authorities, and the anticipation of future regulations, with the support capacity to manage large projects.
The Environment team, with a Band 1 Ranking in international law firm guides, works with you on:

Development of industrial and real estate assets

As the premier platform of top-ranking skills in property and environmental law, you can rely on our cross-sectoral vision (environmental law, construction law, urban planning, etc.) throughout all phases of management and development of your industrial and property assets. Pioneers in the area of contaminated land, we work with you on closing, relocating and redeveloping industrial sites, covering all stages of the process and offering comprehensive, innovative solutions that cover all of its legal aspects (from management of the administrative process to contracts), as well as technical and fiscal components.

Control of facilities, risks and pollution

With our extensive knowledge of many industries and our expertise in all areas of industrial environmental law, we can assist you in understanding your regulatory and contractual environment and securing your activities and projects.

Our team assists you in dealing with all the required procedures under environmental regulations (ICPE, contaminated sites and soils, technological risks, chemicals, quarries, mines, water, flora and fauna, etc.). In this context, we often conduct audits and define strategies for compliance, permit application review, assistance with the reorganisation of activities on industrial platforms and support in managing industrial and technological risks or health and environmental impact.

Sustainable management of energy issues, products and waste

We have often been cited for our expertise in the field of renewable energy (wind farms, hydropower, biomass, solar projects).

We also work on the application of regulations on substances (REACH, biocides, CLP, nanomaterials, etc.), both for their application methods and for securing relationships with the various stakeholders, including the supply chain.

We assist both manufacturers and speciality service providers with their different waste management methods, and with problems specific to certain sectors or related to producer liability.

Administrative or judicial litigation

We represent your interests in administrative and judicial litigation before all courts.

Drawing on the expertise of an Honorary Section President of the Council of State, we regularly represent our industrial and real estate clients in the context of administrative litigation concerning classified facilities, mines, quarries, technological risk prevention plans (PPRT), etc.

We also regularly intervene in legal disputes or arbitration related to the issues of contaminated sites and soils, technological risks, waste and compliance with various environmental regulations.

Our close collaboration with the insurance law team also allows us to support major French and foreign manufacturers and their insurers in the event of claims and manage the amicable or contentious outcome of these.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

  • Best Lawyers in France
  • Chambers Europe (France): Environment (Band 1)
  • Legal 500 EMEA (France): Environment (Tier 1)
  • Le Point: Environment (5 stars)
  • Décideurs:
    – Waste management law (Leading)
    – Environmental litigation (Leading)
    – Classified installations for environmental protection, polluted sites and soil, industrial wastelands (Leading)
    – Water and sanitation law (Excellent)
    – Environmental criminal law