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Joëlle Herschtel

Joëlle Herschtel

France 2026

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France

Practice Areas

Joëlle Herschtel is a partner based in the Paris office. She has developed an environmental and toxic tort practice that encompasses both litigation and counseling in environmental, climate change, toxic tort and energy law. She handles a wide range of litigation cases before French administrative, civil and criminal courts in these fields.

Ms. Herschtel also assists clients with the implementation of European and French environmental and product safety regulations. Her experience encompasses legal assistance in the management of private and public infrastructure projects as well as remediation and requalification of industrial sites. She also regularly participates in M&A operations and environmental audits.

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Individual Editorial

Joëlle Herschtel has a strong track record of advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious remediation issues as well as water and air pollution cases. She also has expertise representing clients in environmental criminal law cases.

Editorial individuel

Joëlle Herschtel a une solide expérience dans le conseil à ses clients sur des questions d’assainissement contentieuses et non contentieuses, ainsi que sur des affaires de pollution de l’eau et de l’air. Elle a également une expertise dans la représentation de clients dans des affaires de droit pénal de l’environnement.

Strengths

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  • Joëlle Herschtel is very responsive and pragmatic, even when dealing with extremely complex cases.

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  • Joëlle Herschtel's legal and technical expertise is exceptional. She combines strategic vision with in-depth knowledge of our sector, making her advice both precise and highly relevant.

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  • Joëlle Herschtel's responsiveness and client-focused approach clearly set her apart.

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  • Joëlle Herschtel is the best environmental lawyer we work with.

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  • Joëlle Herschtel is a true authority in environmental law. I believe she is the best lawyer in this field in Paris and she has highly specialised expertise in regulatory matters.

    EnvironmentChambers France
  • Joëlle Herschtel est la meilleure avocate en droit de l'environnement avec laquelle nous travaillons.

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