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Expert, sector-focused and practical legal advice on all aspects of value creation, project and service development, financing, contractual arrangements and regulatory compliance in waste and resource management and the wider circular economy, across the UK and internationally.
While the waste hierarchy remains as relevant today as ever, these factors and the development of new technologies are changing the way that the waste hierarchy is viewed and its objectives achieved. As a result, the economy really is becoming more circular with new opportunities and challenges emerging as new products, services, infrastructure and revenue streams are developed.
At Burges Salmon, our waste and circular economy team combines years of experience in advising on the development, construction and financing of innovative low carbon and renewable energy projects and the supporting supply chains with market-leading expertise in environmental law and product stewardship.
Our waste and circular economy services encompass a wide range of solutions designed to address your unique challenges. We work closely with funders, investors, service providers, customers, and waste producers to deliver the development, financing, and operation of waste and resource management facilities and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
Procurement, construction and operation of recycling, processing, recovery and production technologies, including waste-to-fuel, -energy and -chemicals, MRFs, MBT and anaerobic digestion. Advising on FEED, multi-package contracting and fully wrapped solutions. Intellectual property licencing and protection.
Energy offtake and trading arrangements, include private wire/pipe supply, physical delivery and synthetic structures. Energy subsidy regimes and support mechanisms. Advising on energy licencing and licence exempt structures, green certificate trading and grid/network connections.
Feedstock/inputs and process output/by-product contracting (including products and wastes) and transportation (including road, rail, maritime and pipeline). Residue trading, treatment and disposal.
Corporate and asset acquisitions and disposals, legal due diligence, support and advice in connection with transactions with specific waste and circular economy issues.
Debt and equity financings, corporate structuring and project restructuring/distressed asset management.
Contractual and regulatory issues and disputes arising in connection with all stages of infrastructure and project development and delivery.
Compliance with energy, waste and wider environmental regulation, navigating regulatory duties and managing and mitigating intervention and enforcement action by the environmental, planning and health and safety regulators.
Legal responsibility for waste materials and rights and obligations under national and international regulatory frameworks, trans-frontier shipment, advising on environmental permitting, health and safety issues, civil and criminal remedies and sanctions, End of Waste and REACH.
Real estate issues and land rights, pipelines, site assembly, project leases and options. Development Consent Orders, planning permissions and agreements, planning appeals and enforcement.
If you are looking for details of our experience advising on nature regeneration, please see our Natural Capital page.
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31 January 2025
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