Environmental Risks for Major Projects: A Global Guide From Practical Law, 2nd Edition

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Environmental Risks for Major Projects: A Global Guide From Practical Law, 2nd Edition

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• Provides assistance on legal risk management following environmental incidents such as Fukushima and Deepwater Horizon
• Reflects how such incidents have led many governments, international corporations and financial institutions to reassess their approach to safety and environmental risk
• Explains the principle risks relating to environmental issues for project companies, contractors and financial institutions involved in major projects work (onshore and offshore) and to address considerations relevant to M&A transactions where the target has an ongoing interest in these sectors
• Summarises the basis of domestic environmental policy and law and the bodies responsible for policy and enforcement in each global jurisdiction

• Environmental law framework
• Environmental incidents and damage
• Environmental impact assessment and Licensing
• Bankability and corporate responsibility

Louise Moore

Louise specialises in environmental law and heads the Herbert Smith environment, health and safety practice. Louise advises on a wide range of environmental issues (national and international) including nuclear liability, waste, emissions trading, asbestos liability and control, contaminated land and environmental and health and safety risk management.

Louise's work ranges from advising on specialised regulatory EHS matters (in both contentious and non-contentious contexts) to advising on the environmental aspects of projects and corporate transactions. Louise has advised on environmental issues affecting rail, nuclear, chemical, pharmaceutical, waste, automotive, and oil and gas sector clients among others.

Contributors:

Australia: Peter Briggs, William Oxby
Austria: Bernd Rajal, Christian Schmelz
Bulgaria: Stefana Tsekova, Vesela Mirkova
Canada: Jonathan W. Kahn, Lindsay Aagaard
Chile: Gonzalo Jiménez
China: Anna Howell, Monica Sun, Hao Su
Colombia: Luis Gabriel Pérez de Brigard, Eduardo del Valle Mora, Andrés Velez Serna
Germany: Dr. Andreas Neun & Rolan Hartmannsberger
India: L. Viswanathan
Indonesia: David Dawborn
Italy: Phillipo Pacciani
Japan: Minoru Ota
Mexico: M. Jorge Yanez V. Juan Francisco Torres-Landa R.Brenda Rogel S.Jeanett Trad N.Daniela Tijerina T.Michelle Farah M.
Nigeria: Ken Etim, Ayodele Oni
Norway: Henrik Bjørnebye ; Dag Erlend Henriksen; Tonje P. Gormley; Eivind Aarnes Nilsen
Oman: Stephen Sayer, Syed Ali Naveed Arshad
Poland: Sergiusz Urban, Jakub Jedrzejak, Magdalena Kalinska, Klaudia Fratczak,
Qatar: Salman A. Al-Ansari
Romania: Anca Velicu, Monica Cojocaru
South Africa: Marius Diemont, Garyn Rapson and Kirsty Gilmour
Spain: Ignacio Paz, Iria Calvino
Turkey: Kemal Mamak, Alper Koç
UAE: Louise Moore, Justine Reeves, John Buttanshaw
UK: Louise Moore