Squire Patton Boggs

Environmental Law

Georgie Messent leads the environmental and sustainability legal team. She advises clients on environmental risk management in the context of day to day operations, corporate or property transactions, litigation and infrastructure projects.

She has been a specialist in this area for more than 20 years and is described in Legal 500 as being 'able to convert the intricacies of environmental law into practical advice'. She is ranked as a leader in her field and is co-author of a Sweet & Maxwell's first edition text entitled Property Transactions: Planning and Environment.

Georgie’s recent work includes advising:

• an oil and gas company on environmental and health & safety (EHS) issues arising during the acquisition of a terminal, filling stations and petrol stations
• a chemicals manufacturing business on all aspects of EHS issues in site closures and divestments
• a significant waste & recycling company on incidents across a range of facilities, including a review of operating systems and guidance on interaction with regulators
• a major retailer on green leases, energy efficiency and carbon cost provisions
• a specialty chemicals company on the implications of changing permit conditions
• a manufacturing company on its carbon trading documentation and entitlement to carbon credits after a site closure
• an insurer and the insured waste management company on nuisance claims by neighbours