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Environment

Haugaard | Braad

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Haugaard | Braad‘s environment department is a part of the firm’s wider public law team, and is headed up by Flemming Elbaek, who has worked exclusively with environmental and public law for almost 20 years, often acting as the main adviser to major manufacturing and utilities companies. Other key individual Helle Ina Elmer is a specialist lawyer within the areas of environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment, as well as EU environmental law in general.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Flemming Elbaek is a truly stand-out specialist when it comes to environmental law - in short, simply, the Expert! Friendly and approachable and yet at the same time ready to fight your case.’

  • ‘Working with Flemming Elbaek has been a great pleasure. Flemming is extremely grounded in his extensive knowledge of Danish and European environmental law, regulations, case law, and practice. This makes his insights and assessments very convincing and robust.’

  • ‘One of the few leading advisers across all aspects of Danish and EU environmental legislation.’

  • ‘Flemming Elbaek has a unique capability to understand environmental legal issues from many perspectives which is crucial when he gives advice to us as developers. He is always ready to support and has a pragmatic view on things.'

  • Helle Ina Elmer has a profound knowledge on EU EIA legislation.’

  • ‘Very competent in environmental legislation’

  • ‘Helle Ina Elmer and Flemming Elbaek are both highly skilled professionals. They are also pleasant people to work with. They deliver quickly and with high quality.’

Key clients

  • Port of Aalborg
  • Municipality of Rebild
  • Municipality of Horsens
  • Municipality of Brønderslev
  • Danfoss A/S
  • Aarhus Vand A/S (Utilities of Aarhus)
  • Danish Agriculture and Food Council
  • Aalborg Portland A/S
  • HOFOR A/S (Utilities of Copenhagen)
  • Udviklingsselskabet By & Havn I/S
  • Topsøe A/S
  • European Energy A/S
  • KLAR Forsyning A/S (Utilities of the municipalities of Køge, Greve, Solrød og Stevns)
  • Metroselskabet I/S
  • Sund & Bælt Holding A/S
  • The Danish Road Directorate
  • Municipality of Vesthimmerland
  • Municipality of Solrød
  • Central Denmark Region
  • RWE Renewables Danmark A/S
  • Capital Region Denmark
  • Port of Roenne A/S

Work highlights

  • Providing legal advice to RWE Renewables Danmark A/S regarding the planning and permitting of Thor Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea.
  • Providing legal advice to Metroselskabet I/S (The Copenhagen Metro) regarding the EIA of the new metro line M5 in Copenhagen.
  • Assisting Aarhus Vand A/S (Utilities of Aarhus) with the EIA and permits regarding 'Helhedsplan Tangkrogen' which is a large urban developing plan covering a large harbour near area in the centre of Aarhus. An element of the plan is a project regarding the establishing of a new treatment plant called Aarhus ReWater.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Flemming Elbaek

Other key lawyers

Helle Ina Elmer