The environment team at Macfarlanes LLP has experience advising clients in relation to site contamination risks, sustainability issues, environmental regulatory permitting matters, and environmental indemnity and insurance negotiations. Nigel Price, who heads the team, specialises in environmental law, with extensive experience advising corporate, commercial real estate and infrastructure clients on transactions, regulatory issues and disputes.
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‘The first-class team at Macfarlanes were instrumental in closing our deal. They managed to find solutions that were acceptable by all parties.'
‘Nigel Price is a steady pair of hands.’
Key clients
- GHO
- Binderholz / BSW Group
- Legal & General (including Industrial Property Investment Fund)
- Berkeley Group (including St William)
- Parkdean Resorts
- BAE Systems
- Various investment funds and private equity houses
Work highlights
- Advised Sterling Pharma Solutions and GHO Capital Partners as seller (GHO), a European specialist investor in global healthcare, on the transfer of Sterling, a pharmaceutical development and manufacturing organisation.
- Continuing to advise Legal & General, including its Industrial Property Investment Fund (IPIF), in relation to commercial real estate investments and development sites across the UK.
- Advising many clients in corporate and other sectors on the evolving range of new ESG policy risks and opportunities, including environmental law developments in the key areas of climate change, natural capital and green finance.
Lawyers
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.
Nigel Price