Jones Day’s leading environmental practice group is led by market giant Françoise Labrousse and has a strong track record advising on environmental issues in the energy, life sciences, pharmaceutical, chemicals, and food sectors. Its clients include multinational corporations, government owned entities, and public bodies. Labrousse focuses her practice on regulatory, contentious, and transactional matters relating to the environment and energy sectors. Other key contact Armelle Sandrin-Deforge stands out for her expertise in relation to renewable energy, climate change, and contaminated site cases. Karim Tarantino often advises French and international clients on industrial risks and pollution issues.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The major assets are availability, responsiveness, the scope of the firm's skills, and customer orientation.’

  • ‘We regularly call upon the Environment team managed by Françoise Labrousse and her collaborator Karim Tarantino.'

  • 'The Environment Team has excellent expertise and demonstrates unfailing availability.'

  • 'The team is constantly looking for the most practical and most suitable solutions and also knows how to innovate despite sometimes very constrained environments.'

  • 'Elodie Simon has a very in-depth, rich and diversified knowledge in her activity, which allows her to provide excellent advice, particularly in the management of polluted sites and soils and the response strategy to the competent authorities.'

  • 'Very involved, an excellent teacher, Elodie Simon has a permanent sense of the interests and issues for her client, the relationship is very fluid and easy.'

Key clients

  • TotalEnergies
  • Eastman
  • Cascades Inc.
  • DataBank Holdings Ltd.
  • Suez
  • Sanofi
  • PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited
  • Electricité de Strasbourg
  • Framatome

Lawyers

Hall of Fame
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Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Karim Tarantino
Jones Day
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Françoise Labrousse

Other key lawyers

Armelle Sandrin-Deforge, Elodie Simon, Karim Tarantino