Lawyer specialized in environmental law and renewable energies in Bourges

Are you considering buying an industrial zone or carrying out a large-scale development? Before you start, consult our lawyer in environmental and renewable energy law in Bourges to benefit from a complete audit. This guarantees you better guidance in the legal and technical procedures related to your project.

Regardless of your sector of activity, it is legitimate to consider the impact of your projects on the environment, the protection of which is increasingly becoming a matter of general interest. Thanks to the advice of our expert firm, you will act in compliance with current regulations. However, in the event of disputes, our specialized lawyers will know how to defend you before judicial and administrative commissions.

Environmental and renewable energy lawyer in Bourges: renewable energies

Faced with global challenges, the world is turning to renewable energies, which have the advantage of being inexhaustible on the human time scale. However, for several reasons including climatic hazards, the legislator constantly revises safety provisions on the use of green energies.

Aux yeux de la loi, le développement des énergies renouvelables implique des considérations mixtes : urbanistiques, administratives, environnementales, sanitaires, etc. Raison pour laquelle les producteurs, les distributeurs, les équipementiers ou tout simplement les entreprises qui désirent installer ces systèmes ont plus que jamais besoin d’avocats spécialisés en droit de l’environnement et des énergies renouvelables à Bourges.

Regardless of the type of green energy to be developed (solar thermal, photovoltaic, onshore or offshore wind, hydropower, biomass, district heating), you can rely on the cross-disciplinary expertise of our firm. From design to commissioning of energy plants, we assist you with the contractual and legal aspects of your project.

• the structuring of the project: drafting the shareholders' agreement for companies operating energy assets and negotiating share transfer agreements;
• securing land rights: enforcing promises of lease or land sale, obtaining a declaration of public utility;
• access to energy networks: negotiating connection and distribution contracts; etc.

With Macfarlanes LLP, you are sure to benefit from cutting-edge expertise in renewable energies. To satisfy you, we demonstrate our in-depth knowledge of the market and especially key trends. For example, our lawyer informs you of every technological development in wind energy.

Rightly so, the installation of wind turbines constitutes an industrial activity with environmental risks. Toxic emissions and noise pollution are among the impacts linked to the creation of an ICPE. Consequently, your renewable energy project must comply with the regulations on classified installations for environmental protection (ICPE).

Environmental and renewable energy lawyer in Bourges: biodiversity

For your natural development projects, it is normal to wonder about the requirements imposed by the legislator. Whatever the scale of the project, you can call on Macfarlanes LLP to learn about the legal and administrative requirements related to your environmental protection project.

For many years, our firm has been assisting companies, associations, and even local authorities with various biodiversity issues. Indeed, we handle cases involving protected areas or nature reserves. For example, if you wish to keep wild animals, our environmental and renewable energy lawyer in Bourges will obtain the necessary authorizations for you.

We act based on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to secure your biodiversity project. In addition to project management assistance, Macfarlanes LLP can also offer specific training to public or private project leaders.

Admittedly, industries contribute significantly to resource depletion and environmental destruction. However, environmental directives concern all companies, because applying standards allows them to achieve cost savings and gain a competitive advantage in the market. Therefore, companies focused on service sustainability have an interest in consulting a specialized lawyer.

At Macfarlanes LLP, we fully understand the values of sustainable development. With proven experience in business and environmental law, we guide you through the complexity of regulations at local, national, or global levels. As a strategic advisor, our firm presents itself as a trusted partner for the entire duration of your project.

Environmental and renewable energy lawyer in Bourges: acquisition audit

Are you planning to buy a commercial or industrial company? For this real estate transaction, it is essential to first inform yourself about the environmental issues of the site in question. Macfarlanes LLP can conduct an acquisition audit on the relevant property to secure your investment and ensure a favorable legal climate for the implementation of your project.

Also called due diligence, this audit allows a buyer to carry out tax, social and environmental checks in the context of a business transfer. At your request, our environmental and renewable energy lawyer in Bourges can carry out a “full audit”.

This comprehensive assessment also includes the audit of activity, risks and legal audit. You will thus have a complete and reliable information base to make your choice and, moreover, to negotiate the sale prices. A true diagnostic tool for the performance and profitability of the company, the due diligence carried out by our business law lawyer highlights points that the seller might try to conceal.

Another advantage of the environmental acquisition audit lies in reducing or even eliminating the risk of post-business transfer litigation. Thanks to our firm's intervention, you will be able to anticipate the application of future environmental and health standards. Note that in environmental law, legislation evolves quickly. We keep you informed of regulatory trends so that you can comply with them.

Thanks to environmental due diligence, you will be able to estimate the impact of environmental taxation. Depending on your sector of activity and the area acquired, you will have to pay certain taxes established by the authorities as part of ecological measures. Our firm explains the importance of these taxes and their financial impact on your activity.

• domestic consumption taxes (TIC);
• the general tax on polluting activities (TGAP): more or less hazardous waste, polluting emissions, biofuels, lubricants, extraction materials;
• the tax or household waste collection fee (TEOM or REOM);
• taxes in the nuclear, oil, electricity, transport sectors; etc.

Among other things, when the audit encourages the acquisition of the industrial or commercial site, you can count on the promptness of our lawyer to quickly carry out the administrative procedures. In this regard, we therefore offer to draft the environmental clauses for transfer and acquisition. Macfarlanes LLP provides close support until the transfer of responsibilities between the transferor and the acquirer.

Lawyer in environmental and renewable energy law in Bourges: management of litigation

Environmental law has a cross-cutting application across several areas of activity. This contributes to the establishment of legal standards at all levels: local, national, European, and international. Moreover, the updating of texts by the legislator makes compliance with environmental regulations complex. Who can guide business leaders, economic operators, and industrialists through this maze?

You can call on our environmental and renewable energy lawyer in Bourges. At Macfarlanes LLP, we have an operational understanding of the economic, technical and strategic aspects of this highly regulated field. Thus, we know how to offer a broad service, ranging from advice on legal and tax structuring of your projects to defending your interests before administrative and judicial authorities.

Thus, we are able to support you in civil, administrative and criminal litigation; regardless of whether the dispute concerns land law, water law, waste law or other branches of environmental law. Our specialized law firm can validly represent you during negotiations or before the courts.
For example, in the course of your business, you may cause noise pollution. This neighborhood disturbance may engage the liability of your company.

Our specialized corporate lawyer first attempts an amicable resolution approach. If this fails, the situation will be presented before a judge.
In court, Macfarlanes LLP can continue with the same approach and strengthen your defense by highlighting the municipality's failures in urban planning. We will succeed in discharging your liability in this dispute if you actually obtained authorization from the municipality to settle on the site in question. Even in the event of proven fault, you can count on our firm to provide you with a better alternative.

In addition to pollution-related disputes (waste, noise, etc.), we also assist you with issues concerning the obtaining of authorization or building permits. Our firm also supports you with site operation issues, environmental liability guarantees, etc.