LPA Law‘s environmental team covers all aspects of environmental law in France, from environmental burden, ICPE, and waste management, to nature protection matters. The team particularly stands out for its expertise in handling the environmental aspects of complex M&A transactions in France and overseas. Heading the team is Frédérique Chaillou, who has over 20 years of experience in the sector and assists clients with environmental matters from both a regulatory and contentious perspective, specialising in M&A and real estate transactions. Other key contact Vincent Sol has 30 years of experience advising major clients in the industrial and real estate sectors. Anne Delorme focuses her practice on issues related to waste, soil pollution, and air quality.
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‘Very responsive, proactive, friendly team, at the service of the customer and attentive to their operational and technical needs, great strength of proposal in negotiation. Great availability and fine technical expertise for any environmental subject.’
‘Frédérique Chaillou: total investment to the client, availability, responsiveness, technical expertise, extensive knowledge of all the players in the environmental sector.'
‘Efficiency, pragmatism, very good knowledge of the sector and files, exceptional support in very long files.’
‘Highly specialized expertise in environmental matters. Excellent availability, great adaptability. Pragmatic solutions.'
‘Frédérique Chailou: Great availability, very high efficiency but above all the ability to make it clear, without being haughty, that the strategy or behaviour envisaged by the client is not suitable.'
'A team composed of lawyers who are extremely competent in their respective fields with an innovative approach to environmental law. The team's lawyers have a very good understanding of business issues and adapt to their interlocutors (legal or operational).'
'Frédérique Chaillou: extremely competent, understanding of business issues, availability, ability to explain/make legal concepts understood to non-lawyers, responsiveness and kindness.'
Key clients
- Arkema
- Bolloré
- Crown
- Renault
- Rio Tinto
- RTE
- Schneider Electric
- Solvay
Lawyers
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Practice head
Frédérique Chaillou
Other key lawyers
Anne Delorme; Vincent Sol