Job Description
Directories-listed Environmental law department in Leeds is looking to recruit an Environmental lawyer of 3 or more years’ PQE. The team advises industrial, commercial and public service clients on all aspects of Environmental law, providing strategic and operational compliance advice; regulatory enforcement advice and representation; and, advising on Environmental issues in the context of transactions and projects. They also advise on a wide range of natural capital, climate change and sustainability matters. Specifically, the work they cover includes: • Net zero, carbon, biodiversity and natural capital advice, including nature-based solutions, offsetting, and EU /UK ETS compliance • Environmental aspects of major infrastructure consenting and development, including onshore & offshore renewables, carbon capture & storage, new water resources, and climate change resilience projects • Regulatory advice e.g. advising on remediation liability, nuclear regulation, water licensing, waste management, environmental permitting, extended producer responsibility, F-Gas, WEEE etc.
\n\n
The Environment Team also plays an active role in the firm’s multi-disciplinary Climate and Sustainability Advisory Practice and the Environmental lawyers form a key part of this team, which includes specialist lawyers from across the firm, public policy professionals and the sustainability consulting team. As a whol...