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Brodies LLP’s environment team ‘keeps up to speed on the always-changing waste industry in Scotland’; its ‘knowledge is second to none’. It acted for Scottish Borders Council regarding an £80m procurement contract for 
long-term residual waste disposal. Practice head Charles Smith displays ‘superior market knowledge’, and contaminated land expert Kenneth Ross is also recommended.

Maclay Murray & Spens LLP’s ‘quality of service is exceptional’. Headed by Chris Smylie, the team continued to advise Masterton Demolition on its acquisition of a heavily contaminated site at Grangemouth from global plastics manufacturer SABIC.

McGrigors LLP’s environment team has ‘excellent industry knowledge’; ‘while many firms are branching into renewables, few have the knowledge and experience prevalent in this team’. Practice head Jennifer Ballantyne is ‘very knowledgeable of the wider renewables industry and gives practical, commercial advice’, and has been leading advice to Scottish Power Generation Limited on all environmental and consent aspects of the proposed carbon capture plant at Longannet power station.

Semple Fraser LLP is praised for its ‘good turnaround times and an excellent understanding of the relevant legislation’, with practice head Vincent Brown having ‘crucial end-of-waste sector knowledge’. In 2010, the team advised REG Biopower Limited on regulatory issues arising from the Renewable Energy Directive.

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Patricia Hawthorn continued to advise Perth & Kinross Council on its waste procurement programme in 2010, and also advised new client Heineken UK. The team’s ‘overall level of service is excellent’.

Alastair McKie heads the planning and environment practice at Anderson Strathern, noted for ‘its expertise and in-depth knowledge’. The firm merged with Bell & Scott in 2011.

Neil Amner heads Biggart Baillie LLP’s environment team, which acted for Chemring in 2010 regarding the acquisition of the interests of Nobel Enterprises Limited.

Burness LLP’s environment team won new clients including CVC Capital Partners, and maintained its focus on the renewable energy sector. Michael Wood advised CVC on environmental issues relating to a major petroleum deposits site.

The team at Dundas & Wilson CS LLP advised EDF Energy on environmental issues relating to the development of a new coal-fired power station. Mark Brumwell heads the practice.

MacRoberts LLP’s environmental team acted for Mitchell Thomson Limited in a successful appeal against the refusal of a PPC permit relating to a waste oil facility. Jamie Grant heads the team.

Led by the ‘responsive and approachable’ Gordon McCreath, Pinsent Masons LLP’s environment team acted for Morrison Construction on the environmental aspects of its part in a consortium bid to build the new road bridge across the Firth of Forth.

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