Le droit de l’environnement, pour les entreprises et les collectivités, ne se résume pas à un simple respect de normes. Il impacte aussi leur image et leur gouvernance.
Réglementation des activités industrielles (installations classées pour la protection de l’environnement (ICPE), directives IPPC, Seveso, IED, règlements REACH, CLP...) ; droit de l’eau, des déchets, des changements climatiques, des espaces naturels, de la faune et de la flore ; responsabilité sociale des entreprises, systèmes de management environnemental (EMAS, normes ISO 14000) ; etc. : le droit de l'environnement et du développement durable se développe et se complexifie, notamment sous l’impulsion de l'Union européenne.
Gide répond, avec une exigence constante d’efficacité pratique, aux besoins d’une clientèle française et internationale en matière réglementaire et contentieuse, ainsi que lors de transactions immobilières ou d’opérations de fusions-acquisitions.
Exemples d'intervention :
Top-tier firm for administrative law mandates, benefiting from a large team of specialists in energy, environment and urban planning. Has strong experience in the negotiation or restructuring of concession contracts, including high-profile mandates that facilitate the development of major rail infrastructure projects. Assists clients with proceedings before the administrative courts and the Conseil d'État, seeking to challenge aspects of public policy or the outcome of individual public tender processes. Sources say: 'The public law department demonstrates a very high level of responsiveness and excellent knowledge of its clients' issues.
Chambers Europe 2019
Gide Loyrette Nouel provides ‘high quality services’, ‘takes time to understand business constraints and really acts as a business partner to reach its clients' goals’. The team has a full range of industrial and mining environmental expertise and also stands out for its niche in high-level nuclear law knowledge. The practice is appointed by leading names in the oil, nuclear and other industrial fields to handle high-profile strategic projects, disputes and crisis management situations. It is providing continuous assistance to Andra with its Cigeo project, which involves building the only French underground nuclear waste site storage. The practice is also advising Euro Disney with the expansion of a leisure park. In addition, the team is frequently consulted to provide guidance on key matters. It notably advised UUFIP - the trade union representing the oil industry players in France - on the French Environment Ministry’s decision to cancel energy savings certificates. Total, PSG football club, Vinci Airport and EDF are other clients. Practice head Jean-Nicolas Clément is among the most respected experts in the field.
Legal 500 EMEA 2019