For over two decades, Naschitz Brandes Amir has been representing clients in high-stakes environmental regulatory, administrative, and litigation matters before governmental bodies and administrative authorities, and as a result thereof, facilitating the drafting of Israeli environmental legislation and policies in recent years.
We offer comprehensive legal advice to successfully navigate clients through complex environmental issues, such as air and water pollution, land contamination, waste disposal and management, use of renewables, land use planning and development, noise pollution, radiation pollution, energy regulation, and more.
Our environmental lawyers collaborate with the firm’s other practices to advise buyers, sellers, lenders, underwriters, and developers on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, financings, project development, securities offerings, bankruptcies, real estate transactions, and governmental cleanup programs. Our multidisciplinary approach and diverse teams of legal practitioners allow us to provide clients with efficient and practical solutions to various ongoing environmental concerns in their day-to-day operations. We have substantial experience in drafting environmental contract provisions, conducting environmental due diligence, and preparing risk management and environmental management system programs associated with corporate transactions.
We are also skilled at representing clients before administrative, civil and criminal tribunals, government agencies, administrative bodies, and governmental committees in a wide range of environmental issues. We act for clients in environmental claims and class actions which involves advising company officers and directors with respect to civil and criminal claims arising from violations of environmental laws and guiding them on to effectively manage environmental risks inherent to their business activities.
How We Help Our Clients
- Litigation and disputes, including mass tort, toxic tort, and class actions
- Environmental due diligence and transactional advice
- M&A
- Environmental compliance and regulatory advice, impact assessment, and auditing
- Climate risk and director’s duties
- Crisis management and advice services for environmental incidents
- Enforcement actions, including criminal defense
- Green buildings and infrastructure projects
- Investigations, including compliance and incident investigations
- Land contamination and remediation
- Lender risks and liabilities
- Permitting, licensing, consents and appeals
- Real estate and business transactions, including land and property development