The environmental team at Garrigues offers comprehensive advice on the environmental aspects of real estate and corporate transactions, including due diligence and the design of regulatory strategies in M&A and financing. The group also covers environmental assessments, water management, waste management and disposal, and the handling and transportation of hazardous materials. Securing permits, authorisations, registrations and concessions required for manufacturing, industrial and logistics projects is an additional area of focus. Georgina Gutiérrez Barbosa heads up the practice group and specialises in environmental regulatory, compliance and enforcement matters. Senior associate José Enrique Cruz assists with environmental and administrative law, as well as indigenous consulting.
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Key clients
- South Pole
- Radian Capital
- Nutreco
- EPM
- Galileo Global Education
- Gucci México
- Botanickel
- Lindt & Sprungli
Work highlights
Advised an international carbon markets broker on the environmental and regulatory audit of an afforestation, reforestation and revegetation (ARR) carbon credits project in southeastern Mexico.
Advised an international investment fund on the environmental regularisation and recovery of environmental rights for a hospitality asset in Mexico.
Advised Nutreco on the environmental and regulatory regularisation of a manufacturing plant in Mexico.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Georgina Gutiérrez Barbosa
Other key lawyers
José Enrique Cruz