Compliance in the area of environmental law has gained a solid status among businesses, particularly at the time of competing for funds to finance their projects and/or activities.
We provide our expertise and consultancy on environmental law at both the EU and international level to ensure a smooth internationalisation process and/or to ensure compliance with environmental law within the EU for the business to operate safely while ensuring the protection of the very same environment (i.e., consultancy for Environmental Impact Assessments, emission targets, corporate social responsibility in case of breach of environmental regulations).
Businesses operating in this area are well aware of the many regulations, at all levels, including national, European and international, applying to it. We support businesses in ensuring compliance with said regulations, providing a thorough assistance and consultancy and guaranteeing an up-to-date compliance in the areas of agri-food law (e.g., labelling, international trade law, food safety obligations).
Working in any industry can be challenging when there are so many other businesses competing in the same area, especially when some of them do not respect the fair competence principle. Sometimes this can happen involuntarily, because there are various regulations to take into account when, for instance, sponsoring one’s own product or service.
We provide our services and consultancy in this area to help business comply with all the different laws, to protect them from potential breaches of the law that other businesses might be carrying out at their disadvantage and to curb unfair competition.
Alternate dispute resolution mechanisms are to be preferred, especially in the eventuality of an international dispute. They often provide an ad hoc system, which the parties to the dispute can shape, without affecting its validity and efficacy.
Knowing the procedure for these two mechanisms is of importance in business relations also because it can lead to a reestablishment of the partnership between the two parties to the dispute. Our Firm provides its assistance throughout the potential mediation and arbitration processes that might arise or that the business might need.
Our expertise in international trade law can speed up the internationalisation processes for enterprises wanting to expand their business abroad, based on a thorough knowledge of the many rules that apply at the international level in the area of trade. Specifically, we believe that knowing the functioning of the World Trade Organization is of the utmost importance to also know what remedies are available to businesses who might face barriers in their trade, be those tariff barriers or non-tariff barriers.
Moreover, international trade law revolves around many international treaties that establish different kinds of business partnerships among countries and being aware of these can result in advantages for businesses operating on the international level.
This also implies a knowledge of some of the most important areas of law within International trade, i.e., logistics and transport law as well as intellectual property law.
Knowing what is allowed and what is not together with the actual costs that a business might face in its internationalisation process is the key to successful projects.
We believe that bringing human rights to the centre of business development is one of the ways to achieve sustainability. For this particular reason, we provide legal aid and consultancy to businesses that operate in the EU and/or in the international scene taking into account the European and international legal framework on business and human rights, while also providing assistance to persons and consumers to access remedies that are offered both at the EU level and international level.
The aim of this area is to prevent and address any potential risks to human rights within business activities, which also implies a compliance check on the EU and international requirements related to business and human rights.
