The environment practice group at Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats often advises market-leading industrials and investors on the environmental aspects of projects, the company’s operations, and related litigation. It also regularly supports clients in new areas of environmental law, including sustainable finance. Practice head Pauline Leddet-Troadec, who joined the firm in September 2023, specialises in industrial environmental law and stands out for advising clients on industrial risk and waste management matters.

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  • ‘Expertise, in-depth knowledge of environmental regulations, strategic vision, firm sensitive to gender equality issues.'

  • ‘Pauline Leddet-Troadec, associate lawyer in environmental law, stands out for her excellent knowledge of environmental regulations, and her energy.'

  • ‘Availability, seriousness, reliability, commitment and responsiveness.'

  • ‘The team is very dynamic and intergenerational. The relationships are very fluid.'

  • ‘Pauline Leddet-Troadec is particularly distinguished in environmental law. She is very responsive and attentive. We feel that she is very aware of current events in her field.'

  • ‘Extremely professional team made up of the best specialists in their field for a range of services covering all of a company's needs.’

  • ‘Very high expertise and responsiveness.'

  • ‘We worked with Pauline Leddet-Troadec on an important and urgent project, and we greatly appreciated her great expertise, her responsiveness, her simple synthesis of complex questions which allowed us to quickly make decisions and guide our operational staff on the project.'

Key clients

  • LAT Nitrogen France
  • LAT Nitrogen Ottmarsheim
  • Klépierre
  • Kaligaz
  • Verallia
  • RATP
  • Société du Grand Paris
  • SNCF Réseau
  • VALOREF
  • TELT
  • STB Matériaux
  • Biolid
  • Hacer
  • Plaine Commune Développement
  • Ville de Chatenay Malabry
  • Compagnie Ministère Espérance

Work highlights

  • Assisting LAT Nitrogen with the implementation of a low-hydrogen facility on one of its Seveso sites, to reduce carbon emissions by producing green energy with hydrogen.
  • Advising RATP on a dispute before the civil court of Paris, relating to heavy soil contamination due to asbestos and oil pollution on one of RATP’s properties. The dispute also involves other high-profile companies, including Total Energies and Veolia.
  • Representing Kaligaz, a France-based company operating methanisation plants on four disputes against Alsace Nature, a France-based environmental association, and the local water union, before administrative courts.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Pauline Leddet-Troadec
Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Pauline Leddet-Troadec