James Parker

Working in the Safety, Health and Environment team at DLA Piper, James advises on the full range of environmental and health and safety law in both an advisory and contentious context.

James regularly advises on environmental issues across a broad range of corporate and real estate transactions, projects and finance-related matters. He has experience in areas such as contaminated land and brownfield development, environmental permitting, statutory and private nuisance, nature conservation, energy (including ESOS and MEES), EU water regulation and waste management. He represents companies (and company officers) in regulatory investigations including crisis management, interviews and court proceedings.

His Health and Safety experience includes advising on health and safety management, fire safety and asbestos management issues and corporate criminal defence matters following worker injuries or fatalities.

James’ practice also includes product compliance and stewardship matters, advising at EU and UK level on compliance regimes covering product safety, record retention, product labelling, WEEE, RoHS and packaging waste, frequently coordinating multi-jurisdictional reviews on behalf of clients.