ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

Italian occupational safety and environmental regulation is extremely complex, having developed piece-meal over many years through over-lapping regulations and often contradictory judgments. Our firm has developed broad experience in these areas, based on our extensive expertise in all aspects of Italian law (administrative law, civil law and criminal law).
We particularly specialize in these areas:
• Defense of managers in proceedings involving infringements of environmental regulations, whether established by special legislation or by the Criminal Code
• Consulting and assistance in land reclamation processes for polluted sites (in both their administrative and criminal law aspects)
• Assistance in criminal and/or civil proceedings for environmental damage claims
• Consulting and assistance in applying for administrative authorizations in various sectors (water, air, waste, V.A.S. (Strategic Environmental Assessment), V.I.A. (Environmental Impact Assessment), A.I.A. (Environmental Impact Authorization), waste dumps and in appeals against unlawful administrative provisions;
• Legal consulting in environmental and safety management systems;
• Assistance in creating management organization charts and systems of proxies
• Specialized continuing professional training for corporate management on legislative and case law developments
• Criminal defense of business owners, managers, supervisors and machine manufacturer in proceedings for serious personal injury or wrongful death aggravated by the violation of accident prevention regulations (including for occupational illnesses)
• Consulting for improving organizational models for avoiding administrative liabilities of companies and legal assistance in proceedings before the courts.