We offer truly comprehensive legal services in regard to environmental law, waste regulation and product safety and liability. We have the resources to support clients in the largest and most complex cases. We advise companies from all sectors of the economy on Polish and EU environmental regulations. We also provide full legal support in investment processes, taking into account all aspects of environmental protection.
Our environmental law team specialises in key environmental areas, including:
- climate protection and emissions trading regulations (including EU ETS, CBAM, legal requirements concerning carbon footprint, and carbon offsets);
- air emissions regulations (LCP, MCP, BAT Conclusions) and noise emissions;
- waste management issues (including by-products, end-of-waste, waste-to-energy projects, landfills, recycling, international waste transport, packaging, deposit systems and packaging and packaging waste regulation);
- investment processes, including environmental decisions, nature conservation, and environmental permits for operations (in particular integrated permits);
- regulations on environmental requirements for products (including eco-design);
- regulatory requirements at each stage of the life cycle of a wide range of products – from commercial goods to electronic equipment and medical devices – we also handle issues relating to product recalls, product liability and risk management of defective products;
- issues of product labelling and packaging, CE marking, product licensing/accreditation, substance restrictions, energy efficiency and product disposal;
- issues related to land and water pollution, including attribution of liability (based on contracts and legislation) and issues related to remediation of contaminated sites;
- regulation of chemicals and REACH;
- water management regulations;
- obligations to maintain strategic gas and oil stocks;
- nuclear law; and
- advising businesses, including multinational corporations, global financial institutions, public sector institutions and other organisations, on risk management and environmental and regulatory liability in mergers, acquisitions, asset disposals, financing, development processes for energy and infrastructure projects, joint ventures and similar ventures.
