Environment
"The communication is punctual and legal opinions are straight to the point, without much need for chains of follow-up questions."
- Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific
Overview
BKL’s Environment Practice Group provides our clients with comprehensive regulatory, transactional and litigation support on Environment, Health and Safety issues.
We have built an organic cooperative system that brings together experts with a complementary range of skills and experience, led by our attorneys alongside former judges and prosecutors, as well as senior advisors who have previously served in the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, KATRI, and the Korea Customs Services.
We provide in-depth, tailored legal counseling and advocacy for both domestic and multinational clients on a wide array of environmental issues encompassing air pollution, water quality, waste discharge, soil contamination, noise/vibration, odorous emissions, chemical substances, environmental impact assessments, energy projects, greenhouse gases, RECs and climate change. We assist clients with legal risk assessment, due diligence, licensing and approvals, project development and compliance review, as well as civil, criminal and administrative proceedings and other, alternative means of dispute resolution.