Environment and Climate 

Climate change and other global environmental challenges develop quickly and create rapid changes in environmental regulation both in Israel and all over the world, producing new challenges for businesses and public institutions.  However, for innovation-oriented organisations, these changes open up a plethora of new opportunities in the fields of climate-tech, clean energy, ESG etc.

To fully address the changing needs of our clients, our legal consultation is based on comprehensive understanding of the global changes affecting environmental regulation in Israel, and on our ability to translate this knowledge into clear and practical guidance, keeping both the present and future in view.  We can grant your organisation maximal stability and flexibility in light of upcoming changes and address its specific ESG challenges.

Our firm provides comprehensive legal advice in environmental and climate law, building upon our deep wide professional experience, and in cooperation with top global firms, where necessary.

Among our clients are local authorities and municipal unions, factories, corporations and infrastructures, start-ups, environmental organisations and individuals.  Our diversity of clientele requires us to maintain cutting edge professional knowledge in all the relevant legal fields, and gives our lawyers the perspective, experience and professionalism needed to provide top notch services, even when dealing with complex environmental issues in short time frames.

The head of the department is Dr. Tzipi Iser-Itzik, one of Israel’s most experienced and celebrated environmental lawyers.  Winner of the IFLR1000 award for best European Woman Environmental Lawyer in 2023, Dr. Iser-Itzik’s rich legal experience in litigation and representation of various clients before regulators is further boosted by an experienced and professional team with profound expertise in all fields of environmental law.

The services provided by the department include, inter alia –

• Representation in complex litigation, specialising in high-profile cases. Our services cover the entire range of environmental issues, including clean air, clean water, waste management, sewage treatment, carbon emission reduction, environmental aspects of planning, etc.
• Providing long-term or short-term legal counsel in the fields of environmental law and ESG, assisting the facilitation of internal enforcement programmes and environmental management systems, as well as representation of industries and other stakeholders before regulators. Our holistic approach is aimed at minimising risks and exposures to our clients and their corporate officers while maintaining international standards.
• Environmental aspects of transactions and tenders – our firm provides legal counsel regarding transactions and tenders involving environmental risks (real estate, mergers, infrastructures etc.), including environmental DD, providing decision-makers with maximal transparency regarding risks and opportunities and their effects on the transaction.
• Renewable energy and climate-tech projects – our firm provides legal counsel to investors and to renewable energy and climate-tech projects, and consults companies developing new environmental technologies through various challenges they face, both regarding environmental and operational licencing and in receiving state benefits where applicable, drafting agreements with investors in Israel and abroad, etc.
• Ongoing counselling to environmental units of local authorities and environmental municipal unions, while maintaining professional cooperation with the authority’s legal department
• and providing timely support when needed.

The Environment and Climate Department has been professionally recognized by leading international ranking guides like Chambers & Partners and the Green Guide by Legal 500, as well as by prominent Israeli ranking guides such as Duns100 and BDI.