With practitioners in Gothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm and Sundsvall, MAQS Advokatbyrå’s nationwide environmental department specialises in permitting matters, recently advising on the application process for a biogas plant construction project, as well as land contamination liability assessments. The team also handles disputes, recently acting in a species protection case before the Land and Environment Court. Environmental regulations expert Magdalena Persson leads the team alongside newly promoted partner Anna Almroth, who is particularly strong operating at the intersection of environmental and real estate law.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team is highly professional, structured and communicative.'
- 'Magdalena Persson has a very high competence within the environmental field and she is very service minded and efficient. She also understood my problem and delivered a legal statement in time with solution oriented conclusions that helped me a lot.'
- 'The law firm's environment practice is service minded, supportive, effective and have a very good knowledge of the subject.'
Key clients
- Ale kommun
- Räddningstjänsten i Storgöteborg
- Sundfrakt AB/Delta Terminal AB/Åkerigrus I Sundsvall AB (Sundfrakt group of companies)
- Östersund Municipality
- Krokom Municipality
- PHS Hasselbacken AB
- Vik Strand Holding AB
- din-X Energy AB
Work highlights
- Represented PHS Hasselbacken AB in a matter regarding a demolition permit for a pavilion, which it was claimed represented cultural/natural heritage values to Djurgården in Stockholm.
- Assisting Östersund Municipality with the application process for an environmental permit to build and run a biogas plant, together with seven other municipalities in Jämtland County.
- Representing Vik Strand Holding AB in a matter regarding species protection in a supervisory case which was tried by the Land and Environment Court in Växjö and finally decided by the Land and Environmental Court of Appeal.
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Practice head
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Magdalena Persson, Anna Almroth