JAUSAS Law Firm

Barcelona: Passeig de Gràcia, 103 7ª planta. DP 08008 - Tel +34 93 415 00 88 Fax: +34 93 415 20 51
Madrid: Paseo de la Castellana, 60 5ª planta. DP 28046 - Tel +34 91 575 70 53 Fax: +34 91 781 08 41

Environmental law

Our practice area of environmental law has developed and grown at the same rate as the importance of this field and its legislation has increased in Spain. Our specialized lawyers have extensive experience in working with the environmental issues and they are constantly participating in projects that require the latest knowledge of the evolution of the environmental regulations at local, national and European levels.

Our professionals have provided legal assistance to companies and public authorities for more than a decade, not only to provide effective solutions to the existing environmental problems but also to prevent the problems before they emerge by using the most advanced legal measures.

Among the principal services offered by this practice group are the following:

  • Environmental outsourcing: external solutions to ensure the compliance with all the legal requirements, such as:
  • Gas emissions (EPER register, annual returns, adaptation to the IPCC regulations).
  • Dumping of liquid waste (authorisations, inspections, minimisation of tax implications).
  • Dumping of solid waste (Producer register, annual returns, studies of minimizing the waste production).
  • Renewable energy projects:
  • Compliance with administrative requirements of permits and licences
  • Expropriations
  • Contracts
  • Subsidies
  • Preparation of environmental legal audits.
  • Advice on activities with an environmental impact.
  • Subsidies for environmental improvements.
  • Environmental due diligence in company mergers and acquisitions.
  • Legal audits and other necessary actions related to the environment, prior to the financial audit.
  • Advice and legal representation in all types of civil, criminal and administrative proceedings related to environmental issues.
  • Preparative work to obtain the EMAS and ISO 14001 certificates.