Environmental
and ESG Litigation
Protecting businesses from emerging environmental and ESG disputes
The rapidly evolving and increasingly complex framework of environmental law and ESG obligations exposes companies to significant legal risks, with major reputational, financial, and operational consequences. These risks often materialize through permit refusals, administrative sanctions, ecological liability claims, litigation arising from the duty of vigilance, or accusations of greenwashing.
Before disputes arise, we assist clients with regulatory compliance assessments, securing ICPE authorizations, managing contaminated land, and implementing sustainability reporting and vigilance plans. In the event of litigation, we act before all relevant courts, including administrative, civil, and criminal jurisdictions.
Working closely with our White-Collar Crime team, we represent clients in environmental criminal proceedings and in the negotiation of Judicial Public Interest Agreements (CJIP).
our Interventions
When facing challenges to permit refusals, appeals against ICPE decisions, or obligations to remediate sites, we develop defense strategies and represent our clients before administrative courts.
Our work also covers the closure of classified sites, disputes involving pollution and environmental harm, and the enforcement of environmental warranty provisions. This expertise provides industrial operators with the legal security they need in a regulatory landscape that is constantly evolving.
The growing scope of ESG obligations and the duty of vigilance exposes companies to increasing litigation risks, including ecological liability claims, accusations of greenwashing, and duty of vigilance disputes.
We assist businesses in preventing and managing these high-stakes matters, where financial and reputational exposure is significant.
Working closely with our White-Collar and Compliance teams, we represent clients before criminal courts and in the negotiation of environmental Judicial Public Interest Agreements (CJIP).
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our References
Industrial company – Environmental criminal law
Advising an industrial company on environmental criminal law in an investigation regarding the discharge of effluents into the sea from its French facility.
Gas operator – FSRU litigation
Representation of a major player in the energy sector in various disputes brought against its Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) project in France, in a context marked by Russian gas import restrictions.
Business aviation manufacturer – Green taxonomy dispute
Advising and assisting a business aviation manufacturer in an annulment action before the Court of Justice of the European Union against a delegated regulation adopted pursuant to the European regulation on the European green taxonomy.
our Distinctions
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(01)Legal 500
2025 – Global
Environment
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(02)Legal 500
2024 – Global
Environment
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