Environment & energy

Supporting industrial, energy and environmental transitions

Public and private-sector organisations, as well as industrial and energy operators, operate in an environment shaped by accelerating environmental transitions, new ESG requirements, increasing regulatory pressure and the need to secure strategic projects in local, financial and political contexts that are increasingly sensitive or uncertain.

We advise industrial groups, investors, real estate operators, lenders and public authorities on the structuring, legal security and defence of their projects — from audits conducted before administrative authorisations are obtained through to the management of the most complex disputes, and across all contracting, design, construction, handover and commissioning phases of equipment and facilities.

We advise across the full value chain, from the construction of energy production facilities and infrastructure through to the distribution of energy via networks.

Our role is to help clients pursue their projects with legal certainty, regulatory visibility and control of industrial and environmental risks at every stage of the asset and operations cycle.

Project-oriented advice for environmental and energy risks

Environment and energy law sits at the intersection of regulatory constraints, operational realities and local and regional dynamics. An environmental risk that is not properly anticipated can compromise financing, delay a disposal or have a lasting impact on the operation of an industrial asset.

We act at each stage of a project — design, permitting process, financing, operation and disposal — to anticipate risks, consolidate authorisations and defend our clients before the relevant authorities and courts.

Classified installations for environmental protection, industrial risks, compliance with new standards, decarbonisation projects, site acquisitions, energy financing transactions, and administrative or environmental litigation: we build responses tailored to the operational and strategic realities of each matter, with constant attention to regulatory developments that reshape the constraints of the sector.

Areas of practice

A coordinated cross-practice approach

Major industrial and energy projects involve regulatory, financial, real estate, tax, corporate, litigation and employment issues at the same time. The acquisition of an industrial site requires precise environmental due diligence and control of liability risks that may have a lasting impact on the value of the asset. Environmental litigation can have financial and operational consequences that go well beyond the proceedings themselves.

Our cross-practice organisation allows us to mobilise the required expertise without delay — public law, finance, real estate, corporate, tax and employment law — and to act coherently on complex, multi-site projects, often involving significant local and regional stakes.

With offices in Paris, Lille, Lyon and Aix-en-Provence, the firm works closely with economic players and local decision-makers throughout France.

Long-term client relationships

Environmental and energy regulations evolve at a pace that directly transforms industrial business models and investment strategies.

We support industrial companies, investors, public authorities, lenders and project developers over the long term in managing their strategic and operational environmental and energy issues.

This close relationship allows us to anticipate regulatory and sector developments and to deliver solutions adapted to on-the-ground realities and to the constraints of industrial and energy projects.

Our commitment as lawyers

Our commitment as lawyers means supporting industrial and energy-sector players in transformations that go far beyond regulatory compliance.

Securing a project today also means enabling public and private actors to invest, produce, finance and transform sustainably in an environment under strong economic, environmental and local pressure.

Dedicated team