Environmental protection

We help our clients to obtain permits, compliance notices, and draft documentation in order to comply with regulations concerning environmental protection and preservation. We also negotiate CO2 emission reduction units trading agreements and advise clients on assessing environmental damages.

Our client portfolio comprises waste handling, recycling, environmental institutions, and nature conservation agencies.

Some of our recent cases:

  • advising waste management company Ragn-Sells in disputes regarding public procurement and granting exclusive waste management rights by  Estonian local authorities;
  • conducting competition compliance training in the Estonian Waste Management Association regarding possible cartel investigations;
  • advising Maardu Vesi on compilation of iits asset lease and management agreement with Tallinna Vesi and assisting in drafting a financing agreement between the two companies for upgrading water cleaning facilities in the region;
  • acting as Estonian expert on environmental law matters in a cross-border dispute involving liquidated damages. The case was heard in the London Court of International Arbitration.

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