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Enviroment and Sustainable Development

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Bogota, Colombia
+1 other location
  • Barranquilla, Colombia
+57 601 3268600
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Deals

Almacenes Éxito S.A:

Counsel in the legal assessment regarding a soil contamination analysis. These technical results were analysed in the face of a transaction that required to perform a contractual review and the inclusion of the necessary clauses. Moreover, PPU’s environmental team defined a legal strategy to protect the Company from any liability deriving from the soil contamination analysis. We put this matter forward because it implied a strong legal expertise and experience to foresee and mitigate all the challenges that the Client could face.

The firm also advised the client in response to a complex petition from members of the community, who argued that the client was polluting with plastics produced in its activity and was not complying with the regulations regarding single-use plastics. The firm, based on the information provided by the client and the applicable legal framework, demonstrated the client’s compliance in this matter. This prevented significant legal action by the community against the client.

On the other hand, the firm supported the client in a legal due diligence, which included land use, real estate, and environmental matters, in order to identify legal issues in an area intended to be developed by the client for a new facility.

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Team Services

PPU provides the support necessary to establish legal strategies that allow our clients to strengthen the legal management of environmental issues, thus reducing the legal risks that may arise from their activities. In this sense, our advice and support in environmental legal matters seeks to resolve the needs of our clients within the applicable regulatory framework.

  • Regulatory issues and identification of risks.
  • Management and support in complex environmental cases (crisis management).
  • Analysis of the legal viability of innovative solutions regarding water, emissions and waste matters.
  • Environmental legal support in the structuring of projects and investment processes.
  • Strategies for managing environmental contingencies.
  • Strategy and support in the remediation process for contaminated sites.
  • Environmental aspects in corporate processes (mergers, acquisitions and divisions).
  • Environmental criminal cases.
  • Support in relations with designated authorities.
  • Applying for and obtaining environmental licenses, permits and authorizations.
  • Monitoring and reporting administrative procedures.
  • Training in environmental legislation.
  • Support in citizen participation mechanisms: consultations with ethnic communities, public audiences and socialization of projects.
  • Comprehensive environmental legal advice.
  • Defining environmental legal strategies.
  • Constitutional and environmental legal actions: class actions, guardianships and legality control actions.
  • Defense in administrative sanctioning procedures.
  • Environmental litigation in environmental damages claims or appeals before environmental courts.
  • Legal advice in processing Environmental Impact Studies and Declarations.
  • Legal opinion in environmental legal matters.

Testimonials

‘We highlight PPU’s speed in its responses to our queries, its technical knowledge regarding regulation and the advisory capacity of the team. We are very satisfied with the support the firm provides, the professionalism with which lawyers address our concerns and the kindness of the team.’

‘We appreciate the firm’s constant availability and very good response times.’

‘It has a qualified team, with extensive knowledge in the field, which always seeks to provide the best advice to the client.’

‘Lawyers are always willing to collaborate to advise on the issues on which they are consulted and demonstrate good knowledge of the project undertaken.’

‘We have built a close relationship with the advisors who assist us, particularly with María Alejandra Gómez, who clearly understands the needs of our business and assists us quickly, kindly and wisely.’

‘María Alejandra Gómez is an excellent professional, with great knowledge. She provides us with options to solve problems and always maintains a good disposition.’

‘Principal associate Ivan Paez perfectly understands the issues and is always available to provide legal support as required. He looks for practical solutions within the legal framework to help our company.’

‘María Alejandra Gómez offers excellent service and demonstrates deep knowledge of environmental law and its applicability to the infrastructure industry.’