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Featured Articles: Environment

Roundtable: Environment 2012

The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers has brought together three of the world’s leading practitioners to discuss key issues facing environment lawyers today. They explore the implications of clean air and clean water advancements on the legal profession and the continued environmental controversy surrounding 'fracking'.

EPA Climate Regulations Survive The Courts And Face The Elections

Michael B Gerrard of Arnold & Porter LLP explains how political and economic factors have led to legislative paralysis concerning climate change regulation, and the impact of resulting litigation on future legislative developments.

Roundtable: Environment 2011

The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers has brought together two of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss key issues facing lawyers today.

Group Litigation

Paul Davies and Simon Nurney, Macfarlanes LLP

For many in the legal community, the financial crisis resulted in an end to the flow of repeat corporate business that would come through into the office. One group, however, that could be said to have regarded the disruption in the financial markets with more optimism than most, were litigators.

An interview with Theodore Garrett: Environment Award Winner 2011

Theodore Garrett is the winner of the environment lawyer of the year for the seventh year running, meaning he has been the only recipient of the award since its inception in 2005.

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Analysis: Environment

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Environment 2012

Hunton & Williams leads the research with 12 lawyers selected for inclusion, followed by 10 internationally renowned practitioners from Sidley Austin, nine from Latham & Watkins and Baker Botts and seven from one of America's top corporate firms, K&L Gates. The largest contingent in the research this year is from the US, specifically Washington, DC, from which four leading lawyers appear in our top ten most highly regarded list.

Research Trends & Conclusions: Environment 2012

With the benefit of over 15 years of research, encompassing tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, as well as hundreds of hours of interviews with legal professionals around the world, Who’s Who Legal offers an overview of the recent trends and developments in the global environment legal market.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Environment 2011

In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.

Research Trends and Conclusions: Environment 2011

This, the sixth edition of The International Who’s Who of Environment Lawyers, builds on our previous research into this discipline, combining tens of thousands of votes and comments from private practitioners and in-house lawyers around the world to give a detailed snapshot of the current state of the international environmental law market.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Environment 2010

This edition features 687 environmental law experts in 41 jurisdictions and our independent research has identified these lawyers as the leaders in the field. We profile a number of internationally renowned individuals from our research.

Research Trends and Conclusions: Environment 2010

Richard Noakes

Environmental law has never been so crucial. Increased awareness of climate change and recent environmental disasters in the Gulf of Mexico and north-eastern China are leading to new laws and regulations to protect the environment from potentially destructive human activity.

Research Trends and Conclusions: Environment 2009

Helen Lamb - Assistant Editor, Who's Who Legal

Lawyers are entering a "new age for environment law", says Robert Falk of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Environment 2009

We select almost 100 new names for the fourth edition of this book, due partly to the growing emphasis law firms are placing on the sector. Many of these practitioners were recognised by clients and peers for their expertise in the burgeoning area of climate change.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: California 2009 - Environment

The Schwarzenegger administration leads the US in environmental policy-making.

Most Highly Regarded Firms: Texas 2008: Environment

As the international debate on how to tackle climate change rumbles on, the demands of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)'s commitment to "clean air, clean water, and the safe management of waste" alongside "sustainable economic development" are becoming more complicated.

Environment

Featured Articles: Environment

Analysis: Environment

Richard Noakes

Helen Lamb - Assistant Editor, Who's Who Legal

All Lawyers in Environment (Listed Alphabetically)