Just as the traditional concept of environmental care for companies has evolved towards the paradigm of corporate sustainability, our environmental practice has followed this evolution in the conviction that there will be an increasing need for solid assistance in the management of legal risks related to environmental, social and governance issues that affect their long-term sustainability.
Our extensive experience with clients in all sectors, but in particular in the extractive industries and the industrial sector, encompasses environmental issues, the respect of human rights within companies and their value chain, anti-corruption and corporate governance issues, social license to operate, climate change and renewable energies, covering transversally several practice areas.
Some of the advice we are able to provide to our clients include:
Environmental
- Advice on compliance with Argentine environmental legislation, including obtaining permits, compliance and environmental legal audits, implementation of management systems and advice on risk management and environmental liabilities.
- Conducting environmental due diligence for mergers and acquisitions transactions, project finance and public offerings, among others.
- Representation of clients in individual and collective environmental litigation and environmental administrative proceedings.
Corporate Governance and Anti-Corruption
- Advising boards of directors on all governance issues, such as their composition in terms of diversity, stakeholder engagement, public disclosure, anti-corruption and business ethics, cybersecurity and privacy issues.
- Development of Sustainability and ESG policies and practices, through codes of conduct for organizations, projects and transactions.
- Education and training of directors and officers of public companies and institutional investors on ESG.
Social License to Operate
- Advising clients on engagement with local and indigenous communities to obtain prior consent and maintain support for the development of major projects.
Climate Change
- Advice on legal aspects related to the development of renewable energy projects in Argentina.
- Advice on contractual aspects related to carbon markets and I-RECs (International Renewable Energy Certificates).
- Advising clients on the Argentine legal aspects of greenhouse gas emissions disclosure.
