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Environment | UK

South West

This section features environmental litigation, as well as advisory and transactional support for clients. 'Traditional' environment work includes regulatory compliance, litigation and enforcement actions related to air, water, wetlands, waste and endangered species. We also include advice to corporate and financial clients on the environmental aspects of M&A, financings, securities offerings and other transactions that involve due diligence and environmental insurance issues. 

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Band 1

  1. Burges Salmon LLP
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    Burges Salmon LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 1 |
    Burges Salmon has a pre-eminent environment team with a full-service offering and outstanding regulatory credentials acting for a host of large corporates. The firm has broad sector expertise, from energy and natural resources to education. The team is equipped to advise on water and flooding issues, nuclear schemes and chemicals, among other matters. The lawyers offer further strength in air quality and noise nuisance disputes.
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Band 2

  1. DAC Beachcroft LLP
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    DAC Beachcroft LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 2 |
    DAC Beachcroft offers a wealth of experience in acting on contaminated land cases, as well as a range of regulatory matters. The team is frequently retained to defend clients against permit violation actions. Clients include landowners and developers in addition to a number of public sector clients. The team also offers clients environmental advice and due diligence during commercial and corporate transactions.
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  2. Osborne Clarke LLP
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    Osborne Clarke LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 2 |
    Osborne Clarke's environment team offers expertise across contentious and non-contentious matters, including contamination issues and environmental permitting. It regularly works on renewables and waste-to-energy projects. It advises clients from the utilities, technology and house-building sectors, among others. It also offers notable experience in defending prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency and other regulatory bodies.
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  3. Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
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    Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 2 |
    Womble Bond Dickinson has a well-regarded practice advising a diverse array of clients on a range of matters. The firm's particular areas of specialism include environmental impact assessments, habitat regulations and enforcement actions. Further strengths lie in contaminated land claims, pollution issues and nuisance complaints. The team also offers transactional and operational support to clients from an array of sectors including transport, energy and minerals.
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Band 3

  1. Clarke Willmott LLP
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    Clarke Willmott LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 3 |
    Clarke Willmott's broad environmental law offering has a wealth of experience in prosecution and enforcement matters. The firm's clients include house builders, landowners, and individuals and companies from the agricultural sector. The team regularly advises clients on the environmental aspects of major residential development projects. It also has notable experience in handling waste management issues.
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  2. Foot Anstey LLP
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    Foot Anstey LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 3 |

    Foot Anstey handles environmental mandates for clients across a range of sectors, including energy and waste management. The law firm works on an array of issues, including environmental permits, transactional due diligence and general compliance matters.

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  3. Freeths LLP
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    Freeths LLP
    Environment
    2025 | Band 3 |

    Freeths assists public and private sector clients with a variety of environmental matters. The law firm advises on issues regarding environmental permits, abstraction licences and planning permission, and it has experience dealing with mandates in a range of sectors.

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