Jaime Calvo Retuerto
Uría Menéndez
Uría Menéndez
Client SatisfactionDomestic and international clients operating in environmentally sensitive industries – including steel, pharma, chemicals, automotive, food, manufacturing and energy, to name a few – regularly turn to Uría Menéndez for advice on complex environmental matters, covering both preventive and contentious issues. The group is well equipped to handle environmental crimes and liability matters, as well as issues related to waste management, the circular economy and air emissions, among others. The team is jointly led by three partners: Juan Antonio Loste Madoz, who brings extensive experience in administrative, civil and criminal environmental cases; Jamie Calvo, who advises on administrative proceedings involving concessions, sewage permits, waste management, pollution and contamination issues; and Jesús Sedano, who is proficient in mandates concerning climate change, pollution, waste, water, mines and coasts.
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Key clients
- ERCROS
- COMPAÑÍA ESPAÑOLA DE PETRÓLEOS SA (CEPSA)
- COCA COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS
- SANDOZ INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS (NOVARTIS GROUP)
- CAL INDUSTRIAL (LHOIST GROUP)
- EDP ESPAÑA, SA (ENERGÍAS DE PORTUGAL)
- ECOEMBALAJES, SA (ECOEMBES)
- BOLIDEN GROUP
- STRATEGIC MINERALS SPAIN
- COMPAÑÍA ESPAÑOLA DE LAMINACIÓN SA (CELSA)
- RENAULT ESPAÑA
- HEIDELBERG CEMENT
- GRUPO DAMM
- META PLATFORMS
- IPSEN PHARMA
- PROCTER AND GAMBLE
- ASCÓ-VANDELLÒS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (ENDESA)
- SILVALAC Y MACRESAC (GRUPO ARMANDO ALVAREZ)
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
- NISSAN MOTOR IBÉRICA
- FRIME SAU NOBIOIBÉRICA SA
- REPSOL INVESTIGACIONES PETROLÍFERAS, SA
- W RESOURCES (BLACKROCK)
- RP GLOBAL HOLDING
- HEWLETT PACKARD SPAIN
- TORRASPAPEL (LECTA GROUP)
- ROVI PHARMA INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Work highlights
- Advised a chemical company on one of the largest soil remediation projects in southern Europe, involving remediation activities valued at over €500m.
- Advised several companies in the plastics sector on the first major environmental liability procedure initiated by the environmental authorities for the discharge of plastic pellets into the environment.
- Advised REPSOL on the closure of its off-shore facilities in Spain (subsea wells and platforms) and on the implementation of environmental investigation projects in the former oil facilities.
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Juan Antonio Loste Madoz, Jaime Calvo Retuerto, Jesús Sedano