Our ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY practice offers, among others, the following environmental advisory services:

– Environmental due diligence in the framework of M&A transactions and to develop preventive strategies to mitigate legal risks.
– Design, structure, and development of Greenfield and Brownfield projects.
– Request, process, and obtainment of environmental licenses and permits.
– Analysis of the legal restrictions derived from the overlapping with forestry reserves, protected areas, protected ecosystems, etc.
– Compliance with IFC Standards and Equator Principles in the framework of project financing, as well as the design of strategies to incorporate ESG standards.
– Compliance with obligations arising from environmental licenses and permits (environmental compliance reports, oversight and control programs, etc.).
– Closure, abandonment, and decommissioning of licensed and non-licensed projects.
– Designing legal defense strategies within environmental sanctioning procedures and in the preparation of reconsideration motions.
– Jointly with our litigation practice, legal representation in civil and administrative litigation, collective, constitutional, and class actions related to environmental and social matters.
– Preparation of environmental compliance checklists for all economic sectors, and environmental legal audits.
– Implementation of GHG reduction and mitigation initiatives and carbon offset markets.
– Obtention of the Certificate of Lack of Reports for Narcotics Trafficking (CCITE) and in the management of controlled chemical substances.