Posse Herrera Ruiz’s Environment and Sustainability practice is a market leader, offering advisory services in transactional, permitting, sanctioning, and social matters in every economic sector. Our Firm advises national and international clients in identifying and mitigating environmental and social legal risks. We regularly design strategies allowing clients to develop their projects in compliance with environmental regulations, while also incorporating ESG standards in their activities.
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Environment
It offers, among others, the following services:
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.
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- November 21, 2022
EXPERIENCE
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2018
March
GDF SUEZ
Legal advisors to GDF Suez in the environmental and regulatory due diligence of the Doña Juana landfill serving Bogotá prior to the acquisition of the concession.
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GFI INFORMÁTICA COLOMBIA
Legal advisors to GFI in two administrative proceedings filed by the Ministry of Defense and by the local environmental agency Alto Magdalena Regional Autonomous Corporation.
2018
January
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2018
January
OILTANKING
Legal advisors to Oiltanking in response to the inspection process of the national environmental regulator (ANLA).