Environment

Magnusson Sweden

Magnusson Sweden’s environmental team offers broad combined expertise, including experience in permit applications under the Environment Code, arbitration proceedings, and wastewater treatment and contaminated soil issues. The department is instructed by several major public sector clients, including the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Gothenburg-based Mårten Tagaeus, who has over 25 years’ contentious and non-contentious experience, leads the practice. Associate Sascha Andersson is also a key contact, assisting both private and public sector clients in connection with development projects.

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‘They are professional, correct, and focus on solving problems.'
‘Mårten Tagaeus has an excellent strategic approach to problems and challenges.’
'Sascha Andersson and Mårten Tagaeus are a good mix of personal and professional.'
‘The team's strength lies, in addition to their expertise, in the strategic approach to the client's problems.’
‘The lawyers here are knowledgeable and hardworking as well as friendly but still sharp and to the point. They offer clear and persuasive argumentation in both verbal and written form.'

Key clients

Wallhamn AB
Jönköpings Kommun (Municipality of Jönköping)
Trosa Vagnhärads Mark AB
AB Gröna Lunds Tivoli (Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB)
Hans Andersson Entreprenad AB
Gryaab AB
Varbergs Bostadsaktiebolag
Luleå Hamn AB
Sjöfartsverket (Swedish Maritime Administration)
Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management)
Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency)
Naturvårdsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)

Work highlights

Assisting Wallhamn AB with its major port project, including the renovation of quays, in relation to an environmental permit application.
Representing the Municipality of Jönköping in a permit application for the municipality’s wastewater treatment plant named 'Simsholmens avloppsreningsverk'.
Represented Trosa Vagnhärads Mark AB in the matter where the client was granted permit for environmentally hazardous activities and water activities concerning the construction and operation of one of Sweden’s largest landfills for inert waste.

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