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Davidson Chalmers Stewart Offices

Davidson Chalmers Stewart
12 HOPE STREET
EDINBURGH
EH2 4DB
United Kingdom
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Laura Tainsh

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Work Department

Environmental, Waste and Renewables

Position

Partner in the Environmental, Waste and Renewables team. Deals with a wide range of environmental and energy issues and commercial projects covering all mediums (water, emissions, waste and resources). Specialism and substantial experience in Environmental law, particularly waste and resource management, consenting, pollution and contamination and enforcement action. She has a varied practice with a wide-ranging client base including developers, landowners, investors, consultants and funders. She deals with due diligence, bespoke contractual drafting, permitting and consenting issues, waste and contaminated land, legislative interpretation, environmental taxes and environmental disputes (including regulator investigations, appeals, tribunals, judicial review and court actions).

Career

Trained Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, 2002-04; Commercial Property and Projects Assistant, Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP 2004-10; Environmental Waste and Renewables Associate 2010-14; Environmental Waste and Renewables Partner 2014 to date. Articles regularly published in ENDS, Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, Materials Recycling World and a range of other publications; LLM Dissertation on the Zero Waste Plan in Scotland published in the Lawtext Environmental Liability in 2010.

Memberships

Chair of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) Scottish Centre Council; UKELA Scottish Committee; Law Society of Scotland Environmental Law Committee; Accredited as a Specialist in Environmental Law by the Law Society of Scotland (and on the board which decides on new accreditations); Chartered Waste and Resource Manager with CIWM; External Examiner with University of Edinburgh.

Education

Hutchesons’ Grammar School; University of Glasgow (2001); University of Dundee (2010, Masters Degree).

Leisure

Art, literature, music, travel, environmental issues.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Real estate > Environment

(Leading partners)

Laura Tainsh – Davidson Chalmers Stewart

Davidson Chalmers Stewart is particularly well-regarded for its expertise in waste management, a field in which practice head Laura Tainsh is an ‘exceptional specialist’. Supported by regulatory, planning, and dispute resolution lawyers, the team excels in advising on the impacts of evolving legislation and policies and representing clients in environmental disputes.

Scotland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)

‘A real gem in the Scottish market’, Davidson Chalmers Stewart is an established adviser to a range of clients active in the renewable energy space, demonstrating a high level of activity on onshore and offshore wind; the group adeptly manages the property, planning, land access, development, and corporate aspects, acting for both new and established ventures. Solar, battery storage and grid instructions also feature in its varied book of work. Team lead Andy Drane focuses on the landowner side of complex projects and is well placed to act across the full range of renewable assets. The real estate and property-focused Nicola Scott enjoys close connections to a multitude of energy providers and developers and possesses a similarly broad renewables practice, while Laura Tainsh is chiefly noted for her commercial, regulatory and environmental acumen. Henrietta Talbot spearheads a number of client instructions, especially those with a landowner focus.

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