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.

Our Environment and Planning lawyers provide clear and sensible solutions for leading Australian and international companies and government clients, with a particular emphasis on major infrastructure projects in respect of all issues relating to environment and planning matters.

Our experience covers numerous industries and markets, including construction and major projects, property and real estate markets, 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 experience 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 ("ESD") and their role in developing industry regulation and the environmental impact assessment process.

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 acquisition