Norton Rose Fulbright’s environment, safety and planning practice maintains a strong focus on ESG, energy transition, and sustainable finance work. Over the past year, the team has also advised clients across environmental litigation, infrastructure projects, and environmental legislation. The practice is jointly headed up by Caroline May, who chairs the firm’s EMEA sustainability committee, and head of planning Sarah Fitzpatrick, who is noted for her experience working with clients across a number of infrastructure projects. Lucy Bruce Jones has particular expertise working within the new environmental regulatory landscape for Carbon Capture and Storage and the Emissions Trading Scheme. Other key figures include Suncica Miletic, who has recently acted in a number of project finance matters, as well as on acquisition of renewable power projects.
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'The team works collaboratively with other sectors (i.e. banking) in which environmental issues may be at stake, a great capability which provides all the resources available to produce the best results for the client,’
‘New Partner Lucy Bruce-Jones is to commend. She is hard working and has been made partners, quite deservedly, recently. Caroline May is a star and extremely efficient as a leader. She has a practical approach and work well with counsel. Highly recommended. ’
‘High-profile team with great services.’
‘Unrivalled experience of all types of environmental work, both litigious and transactional. I have worked with Norton Rose Fulbright on contaminated land matters and corporate issues over the last 20 years.’
‘Caroline May and Lucy Bruce Jones give knowledgeable and robust legal advice, with the benefit of decades of experience.'
Key clients
- AIG Asset Management (Europe)
- AT&T Corp.
- BMW (UK) Limited
- BNP Paribas
- CF Industries Holdings Inc
- Crest Nicholson Plc
- DP World/London Gateway Port Limited
- ExxonMobil International Limited
- General Motors Company
- GlaxoSmithKline LLC
- Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Plc
- Greencoat UK Wind Plc
- Greenergy International Ltd.
- HSBC Global Asset Management (UK)
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- Kerry Group Plc
- Laing O’Rourke Plc
- Numis Securities Limited
- Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
- Setha Canterbury Limited
- Shell International Limited
- Silicon Valley Bank
- Tiger Infrastructure Partners LP
Work highlights
- Advising on a fully integrated gas-fired power and carbon capture project in Teeside in respect of the new and evolving environmental regulatory framework to aid the UK’s decarbonisation strategy to net zero.
- Advising Crest Nicholson PLC for over 25 years in relation to a case concerning the application of the Part 2A contaminated land regime and remediation notices.
- Advising a freehold landowner in relation to emerging and topical nutrient neutrality requirements (which have stifled developments all over the UK) and mitigation strategies for a 550-unit residential development in a conservation area.
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Practice head
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Caroline May, Sarah Fitzpatrick