Environmental Criminal Law

Our professionals have developed well-established experience in environmental criminal law, representing companies in criminal proceedings for offences that form the core of pollution legislation (water, waste and remediation of contaminated sites).

In the context of business activity, charges for environmental offences have become increasingly frequent, partly as a result of developments in criminal legislation. Such proceedings may involve both the company’s senior management and the legal entity itself, since certain offences may trigger the administrative liability of the entity.

In the risk society, entrepreneurs are increasingly called upon to carefully assess the environmental impact that may arise from industrial activity: from this perspective, we assist our clients in analysing and managing issues of potential criminal relevance in relation to business activity, before reaching the “pathology” of criminal proceedings.