Environment and Climate Security

SERVICES

1
Company audits for compliance with LSI environmental and sanitary requirements, establishing and improving environmental monitoring systems
2
Preparing and providing legal support for inspections carried out by Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rospirodnadzor) and Russian Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor)
3
Solving cases and receiving "complicated" concurrences and enabling documentation
4
Contesting non-regulatory acts of regulatory authorities, the officials' action and failure to act in the field of ecology and environment
5
Legal support of claims related to compensation for environmental damage
6
Representation during environmental disputes with private individuals and legal entities
7
Devising ESG strategies, preparing ESG reporting
8
Calculating carbon footprint (Scope 1,2 and 3)
9
Company audits and improvement of resource efficiency

OUR STRENGTHS

  • Effective resolution of client issues both in and out of court

  • Major climate-related expert analyses

  • A focus on complex landmark cases

  • Integration with our Dispute Resolution and Criminal Practice

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Legal support of a major construction company with regard to compliance with environmental legislation, including compensation for damage to the environment and deforestation

  • Developing a new law – without any equivalent in the world – on the protection of permafrost. Considering the environmental situation, this law will be vital, not only for Russia, but for the world as a whole

  • Defending a major pharmaceuticals firm against a claim by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Minprirody) for the recovery of $60.3 million in damages in connection with environmental offences





  • By special order of the Presidential Administration, arranging for the protection of an environmental activist who contacted the President of the Russian Federation via a hotline regarding the construction of a solid municipal waste landfill in the Tambov Region, and on whose life an attempt was made for this reason. Measures have been put in place to prevent an environmental catastrophe associated with the illegal placement of the landfill

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26.06.2022
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