The Environment Law team provides industry-focused environmental and development law services for public and private clients. Our people work together to connect their thinking, experience and solutions to build public trust and enhance value for clients and their stakeholders.
The business value of our experience in all aspects of planning and environmental laws includes:
- Environment protection, pollution control and management, including remediation and restoration of contaminated land
- Waste management, resources recovery and product stewardship
- Land use and land use change, environmental planning and impact assessment
- Infrastructure planning and building development, including land management and natural and cultural heritage
- Natural resource management including biodiversity, water and salinity
- Corporate environmental governance including developing tools for environmental reporting, legal compliance and environmental risk management systems
- Climate change mitigation strategy
- Environmental markets creation and implementation
- Application of legal concepts of ecologically sustainable development
Our objective is to deliver effective legal services and quality environmental solutions taking into account the commercial needs of our clients.
We offer innovative commercial solutions that go beyond the standard legal responses to environmental issues, and encourage our clients to develop a progressive approach to the environment with a view to achieving the competitive benefits of best practice environment management.
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Key people
Andrew Petersen, Partner
Andrew is widely respected for his expertise in local government and environmental management and planning issues, with extensive hands-on experience in complex, high profile matters. He ensures that the business goals of both public and private sector clients are balanced with the regulatory environment.
Andrew is a Director of the Council of Environment Business Australia and speaks regularly at industry forums. He was appointed to the verification panel of the Australian Greenhouse Office Greenhouse Friendly program in 2002.
Sydney
Tel: +61 2 8266 6681
Fax: +61 2 8266 6999
Email: andrew.petersen@pwclegal.com.au
Sean Lucy, Director
Sean has broad experience in environmental matters, regularly assisting public and private sector clients with transactions and litigation that contain significant environmental aspects.
Sean has special expertise in the development and operation of markets for environmental commodities, such as water and greenhouse gas emissions. His knowledge in this area is widely recognised, and he is regularly asked to present at industry events on the implications that policy developments have for business. Sean also contributes to the ongoing public debate surrounding sustainability, renewable energy and climate change, through his work on the Board of the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy.
Melbourne
Tel: +61 3 8603 3386
Fax:+61 3 8613 4666
Email: sean.lucy@pwclegal.com.au
