Environment

Setterwalls

Setterwalls’ environmental law practice has a strong reputation for advising major public and private sector clients on the full spectrum of matters, including regulatory, advisory, transactional and contentious issues, with notable recent experience in resource extractions, renewable energy projects, and land contamination cases. With extensive experience handling industry, water, and natural resources permit applications for domestic and international entities, Anders Linnerborg leads the department; he is also an expert in matters concerning the extraction of rare earth minerals. Tove Andersson’s broad practice includes large-scale permit and transactional work, while Malin Wikström specialises in hazardous facilities and water activity cases.

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Testimonials

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‘The environment practice at Setterwalls offers efficient and available partners that really commit to cases and do their absolute best for clients, with excellent results.'
‘Malin Wikström handles permit-related matters very competently and skillfully. She delivers on time, with strong arguments based on careful investigations. She is also very experienced in the political to economic aspects of a business or operation, and is excellent at risk identification and risk management.'
'Tove Andersson is extremely competent in environmental matters, with long experience in the area.’
‘Linnea Ljung is one of the smartest lawyers around. She is very analytical in her thinking, good at complex problem solving, and has very very good presentation skills.’
'Sunniva Rosqvist is an incredibly focused, driven and organised lawyer. She is efficient and thorough, which makes her legal reviews efficient and of good quality.'
‘Tove Andersson possesses a wealth of experience within the field. She always puts together a highly competent team for each unique situation and understands the dilemmas of clients, always giving concrete and well-thought-out advice.'
‘This is an extremely competent network of lawyers with strong business acumen. They are quick, accurate and not afraid of guiding clients.'
‘The strength is their open-minded approach to discussing difficult issues. They create a environment focused on the issues/challenges at hand and that allows for all input.'

Key clients

Borås Energi och Miljö AB
Arise AB
AB Sydsten
SR Energy AB
Svevia AB
Arkema Group
Befesa Scandust AB
Sydvatten AB
NCC Industry AB
Sveriges geologiska undersökning
O Kavli AB
Skanska AB
Swedavia AB
Port of Gothenburg, City of Gothenburg
Dannemora Iron AB
Skyborn Renewables Sweden AB
Holmen Energi AB
Skellefteå Kraft
Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA
Borås stad

Work highlights

Successfully represented Dannemora Iron AB, owned by Grängesberg Exploration Holding AB, in the permit proceeding for the restart of the Dannemora mine in Östhammar municipality.
Representing the municipality of Östhammar in the ongoing permit proceedings regarding the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company’s application for a permit to construct and operate plants in a cohesive system for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel and waste and permit for the Final Repository for Short-Lived Radioactive Waste.
Advising the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) on its role as remedial principal in the project to remediate a large perchloroethylene contamination under several existing residential buildings in the city of Jönköping.

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