Health, Safety & Environment
At Houthoff, we assist companies with issues such as changes in legislation and regulations, and the performance of compliance-related internal investigations. Our HSE Team advises companies facing official inspections or legal action following a disaster or claim. We analyse what is essential to our clients in this respect, and keep a close eye on all facets of the issue. The HSE Team offers our clients more than just legal advice.
A serious industrial disaster can affect confidence in a brand or business. This can impact the company’s reputation and stability. In addition, tighter national and EU laws and regulations mean that enforcement and penalties are no longer confined to the civil law arena, or to administrative law penalties. Companies and their directors are increasingly confronted with criminal law investigations and prosecution. A good understanding of this complex and layered regulatory framework is essential to cope with the potential consequences of an incident.
Houthoff's HSE Team offers an efficient one-stop-shop approach. The team advises and, where necessary, litigates on the full spectrum of HSE matters from a civil law, administrative law and criminal law perspective. Our experience extends from risk prevention, compliance and regulation to incident response, contact with regulators, the performance of internal corporate and compliance investigations, and litigation (including mass claims). Moreover, in the event of a disaster or an unexpected visit from a regulator, our HSE Team offers 24/7 support and can be scaled up to any desired size or speciality.
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Advised together with Renzenbrink & Partner, the svt Group, a leading supplier of passive fire protection products and systems with the acquisition of Flamepro. The svt Group is an Ergon Capital portfolio company.
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Advised Latour Capital and Bpifrance (Banque publique d’investissement), together with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, in connection with their consortium acquisition of Plastic Omnium Environment BV, the environment division of Plastic Omnium. The purchase price amounts to €220 million.
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Assisting Verwater Group in their crisis management and legal affairs in the acute phase of a huge asbestos contamination involving delivery of asbestos' contaminated grit
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Counsel to the Dutch Association of Insurers to advise the industry and the Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering on strategic matters concerning occupational exposure to Chrome-6
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Defense counsel to Waagner Biro, the design-build contractor for the machinery of the Botlek Bridge in the Netherlands, which is the world's biggest vertical lift bridge, and its insurers in liability issues against a joint venture consisting of a.o. Strabag, Strukton and Ballast Nedam
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Advising the world's largest privately owned global tank container leasing company in dealings with the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT).
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Represented a.o. Alcodis S.A. in an agrifood product liability matter involving product recalls in several countries worldwide.
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Represented Goodyear Dunlop in litigation resulting from a series of incidents.
