Angus Evers > Shoosmiths LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths LLP Offices
No 1 Bow Churchyard
LONDON
EC4 9DQ
England
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Angus Evers
Work Department
Real estate - planning (environmental)
Position
Angus is an experienced environmental and sustainability lawyer whose practice covers all aspects of environmental law from contaminated land to waste, climate change, renewables, nuisance, water pollution and asbestos. He also has expertise in related areas such as energy, planning and health & safety. He advises developers and operators of, and investors in, infrastructure, real estate and other businesses on transactional, regulatory and contentious issues, regularly working alongside corporate, real estate, commercial, projects and EU/competition teams.
Angus’s recent experience includes advising:
• one of the UK’s largest service station operators on the environmental aspects of the sale and purchase of approximately 50 service stations;
• a chemicals company on an application for Hazardous Substances Consent;
• holiday park operators on the environmental, health & safety and other regulatory aspects of acquisitions of holiday parks;
• a chemicals company an internal investigation into its compliance with the emissions limits and reporting requirements under its environmental permit; and
• an automotive business on trans-frontier shipment of waste requirements for transporting waste catalytic converters for recycling.
Angus has led Shoosmiths’ environmental practice since 2016. He is one of the Convenors of the UK Environmental Law Association’s (UKELA) Waste Working Party and a former Co-Chair of UKELA’s Governance & Devolution Group.
Career
- Trainee Solicitor, Stephenson Harwood, 1997-1999
- Solicitor, Stephenson Harwood, 1999-2002
- Solicitor, Denton Wilde Sapte, 2002-2003
- Associate, Norton Rose, 2003-2007
- Associate, SJ Berwin, 2007-2009
- Partner, SJ Berwin/King & Wood Mallesons, 2009-2016
- Partner, Shoosmiths, 2016
Languages
German, French, Spanish
Memberships
UK Environmental Law Association; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Publications of note: Co-editor, “Energy from Waste: A Practical Handbook” (Globe Law & Business Publishing, 2015)
Education
- Durham University (BA (Hons) Combined Social Sciences, 1993)
- College of Law, Guildford (Common Professional Examination 1995, Legal Practice Course 1996)
- De Montfort University (LLM Environmental Law, 2002)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Environment
Shoosmiths LLP is adept at handling regulatory enforcement matters for its notable client list which includes such names as Ikea, Boots and Nissan. Team head Angus Evers is experienced in handling the array of transactional, advisory and contentious work, particularly in relation to land contamination and development projects, and is regarded as being ‘cool in any situation’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Transport > Rail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Real estate > Planning
- Transport > Shipping
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax