Some environmental problems resist straightforward solutions. They sit at the intersection of extreme technical complexity, significant environmental, legal and financial risk, and multiple competing stakeholder interests; where the consequences of missteps are severe, and the margin for error is infinitesimal. 

Solving these problems is what our Risk, Strategy & Technical Advisory practice was established to do. As  the centre of technical excellence in our organisation, it’s where our most experienced senior practitioners – auditors, risk assessors, remediation specialists, hydrogeologists, scientists, engineers and strategic advisors –  converge, not as a collection of discrete disciplines, but as a genuinely integrated problem-solving team that is brought to bear on challenges that demand the full extent of what we know and what we can do.

Our objective in every engagement is not simply to solve the problem; it’s to solve it in a manner that is commercially optimal, reputationally unassailable, and technically peerless. That standard shapes how we approach every challenge; from the forensic analysis of a contested liability to the construction of a regulatory strategy under intense time and commercial pressure. We begin with a deep understanding of each client’s risk tolerance, commercial objectives, and stakeholder environment, and from that foundation, we develop bespoke strategies that go beyond risk mitigation to deliver outcomes that protect and enhance our clients’ position in every dimension that matters.

When a contamination matter becomes a legal dispute, our team provides the technical depth and professional standing that such matters demand. Our practitioners serve as consulting and testifying expert witnesses as well as Client-side litigation support, and our experience navigating complex, multi-party environmental litigation means we understand not just the technical dimensions of a dispute, but the strategic and procedural landscape underpinning it. 

Similarly, where high-risk scenarios present latent commercial opportunity — a constrained asset where liability is misunderstood by the market, a regulatory process where a well-constructed technical case can shift the outcome, or a transaction where environmental risk has been overpriced — we have both the expertise to identify it, and the capability to assist our Clients in securing a beneficial process outcome.