Elizabeth Shepherd > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Elizabeth is a partner in our regulatory group specialising in non-contentious environment, health and safety law.

She advises on all aspects of environment, health and safety law and has expertise in assessing and negotiating responsibility for environmental risk. She also advises on stand alone issues such as waste, pollution prevention and control and contaminated land.

Elizabeth's current projects in the renewable energy sector include advising a client on whether materials generated from biomass fuelled power stations should be classified as waste. She advises a number of major corporations and sector associations on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions trading. She also advises regularly on environmental regulatory aspects of waste to energy projects in the context of waste PFI projects. Her clients include The Atomic Energy Authority, Centrica Plc, Yorkshire Electricity and Midlands Electricity.