Joëlle Herschtel

• Handling litigation cases before administrative (permit defenses, appeals, etc.), civil (clean-up costs recovery, toxic tort and nuisance cases, product liability, etc.) and criminal (water pollution, infringement of environmental regulations, waste, etc.) courts as well as before the European Court of Justice (greenhouse gas allowances).
• Assisting clients with the implementation of domestic and European environmental regulations ranking from the regulations applicable to classified facilities, waste or mines and quarries to very specific regulations concerning, for example, the emission trading scheme (greenhouse gas) or chemicals (REACH, CLP, RoHS, biocidal products, nanomaterials).
• Advising clients in industrial activity closing down, clean-up of contaminated sites and brownfields requalification, including the management of potential health risks to local residents and of environmental threats to water, air and the biodiversity. Joëlle has also developed specific and recognized experience in the field of waste management, working on a variety of subjects ranging from waste-generating material being put into circulation to the reuse of waste as a resource.
• Assisting companies in industrial or infrastructure projects, from their conception (audit of applications for permits, obtaining permits and contractual elaboration) to their realization (compliance audits, industrial risk management and regulations implementation).
• Participating in M&A and real estate operations (environmental warranties and audits).

Joëlle Herschtel is a partner based in the Paris office.  She has developed an environmental and toxic tort practice that encompasses both litigation and counseling in environmental, climate change, toxic tort and energy law.  She handles a wide range of litigation cases before French administrative, civil and criminal courts in these fields.  Joëlle also assists clients with the implementation of European and French environmental and product safety regulations.  Her experience encompasses legal assistance in the management of private and public infrastructure projects as well as remediation and requalification of industrial sites.  She also regularly participates in M&A operations and environmental audits.