Environment and Planning

Our Environment and Planning team is consistently recognised by independent legal guides as a top tier practice and one of the few truly national Environment and Planning practices in Australia.

We have a proven track record of providing clear and sensible solutions on all issues relating to environment and planning law for leading Australian and international companies and government clients, on major infrastructure projects.

As a full service practice, our team seamlessly integrates with numerous industries and markets, including construction and major projects, property power and utilities, energy and resources, corporate and regulatory compliance and dispute resolution.

In a field which encompasses a significant and complex range of statutory regulation, clients need lawyers who are experienced and can provide practical and commercial solutions. Our clients receive comprehensive, pragmatic, and commercial advice specific to their needs and directions, underpinned by extensive industry knowledge and unrivalled practical experience in many new and emerging areas of environment and planning law and regulation in Australia. For example, we are at the cutting-edge of law and policy development in relation to climate change and the principles of ecologically sustainable development and their role in developing industry regulation and the environmental impact assessment process.

Our practice specialises in all areas of planning law in each State, including environmental impact assessment requirements for proposed developments and liaising with regulatory authorities. We help clients with preliminary planning, assessment and stakeholder management, negotiations with approval authorities and implementation (including addressing approvals in the transactional context).

Our team has extensive energy and resources experience. Growth in the energy and resources sector is surging worldwide. Through working closely with the Energy and Resources group at Clayton Utz, our Environment and Planning team has developed strong experience in advising on all matters relating to mining, exploration, electricity generation, including renewable energy. We regularly advise and assist clients developing some of the largest energy and resource projects in Australia on their environment assessment obligations, general regulatory requirements and post-closure liabilities, and also represent them before various courts and tribunals.

We provide both immediate and strategic advice in a commercial and focused manner to some of the top clients on the most significant property developments, infrastructure, construction and major projects, energy and resources, and corporate matters in Australia.

We advise our clients on a range of issues, including:

  • Planning and project controls
  • Ecologically sustainable development
  • Land contamination
  • Environmental and pollution incidents and investigations
  • Resources issues
  • Climate change and emissions trading
  • Renewable energy and sustainability
  • Environmental governance and risk management
  • Corporate/director/manager liability
  • Environmental licensing, permits and authorisations
  • Environmental risk management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Heritage, native title and natural resources
  • Land valuation and compulsory acquisition.
Who to Contact
Andrew Poulos

Andrew Poulos

Partner, Sydney.

Level 15, 1 Bligh Street Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

 

Email: apoulos@claytonutz.com

Telephone: +61 2 9353 4195

Fax: +61 2 8220 6700

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