Our Environmental Department provides comprehensive legal services across environmental matters. Our experienced team advises on compliance issues and represents clients in complex civil, criminal, and administrative litigation.
The department’s team participates in precedent-setting cases, including class actions, administrative petitions, criminal and administrative enforcement proceedings, which include hearings before government ministries, representation in legal courts, including appeal proceedings.
The department serves a diverse client base, including domestic and international corporations, government entities, and organizations from various sectors of the economy, such as the energy sector, infrastructure and construction, technology, pharmaceuticals, heavy industry, and more. The legal services provided by our office’s Environmental Department cover numerous environmental aspects, including energy production, hazardous materials and waste management, radiation safety, air quality and emissions regulation, marine and coastal pollution, soil remediation, and more. Additionally, the department’s team accompanies clients in business licensing processes, with emphasis on environmental requirements relevant to their operations.
Beyond accompanying clients in litigation and regulatory proceedings, the department’s team assists clients in environmental aspects of complex and international transactions, provides legal counsel on national projects, and regularly participates in legislative processes and environmental policy formation. The department’s team is actively involved in managing environmental incidents – from providing initial response to crisis management and accompanying investigations, through conducting internal investigation processes and extracting lessons learned, to managing various types of enforcement proceedings.
The department develops and implements customized enforcement programs designed to reduce environmental risk, prevent legal violations, ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements, and minimize legal exposure for clients. Additionally, the department’s team provides ongoing legal counsel and training for employees and managers on legal exposure and environmental liability issues, including within the framework of ESG (Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance) policy and corporate responsibility.
In addition, the department is actively involved in advising and accompanying the legislative processes on Israeli environmental laws and acts on behalf of its clients before the various regulatory authorities on matters related to their ongoing operations.
Thanks to proven experience in handling complex environmental issues, our office’s Environmental Department enjoys widespread recognition for its legal expertise. For years, the department has been consistently ranked as one of the leading departments in Israel by legal rating guides, including BDI Code and Dun’s 100.
