Contaminated Sites and Soils: Managing Liabilities and Supporting Redevelopment


The management of polluted or potentially polluted sites represents a major challenge for industrialists, local authorities, and project developers. Whether it involves a land transfer, a development project, an industrial redevelopment, or an administrative procedure, each operation must be conducted with rigorous mastery of the applicable legal framework.
Attorney Raphaëlle Jeannel intervenes at all stages of a site’s lifecycle to identify liabilities, anticipate risks, and secure decontamination or rehabilitation operations.

Areas of intervention

  • Prior assessment and environmental legal audit during a site acquisition or divestiture.
  • Determination of liabilities between successive operators, owners, or ICPE operators.
  • Management of disputes related to soil pollution or administrative or civil liability.
  • Legal framework for decontamination and rehabilitation operations.
  • Support for redevelopment or change of use projects.
  • Structuring of third-party applicant mechanisms or specific agreements between public and private stakeholders.