ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH & SAFETY (EHS) LAW
OAL's Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Law practice provides comprehensive regulatory compliance, strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and transactional support across Nigeria's environmental and occupational safety frameworks. We represent multinational corporations, oil and gas operators, manufacturing companies, infrastructure developers, financial institutions, government agencies, and civil society organizations.
What We Do
- Environmental Impact Assessment preparation and approval
- Environmental permits and licenses for industrial operations
- Compliance audits and management systems
- Remediation and decommissioning obligations
- Pollution liability defense
- Climate change regulatory advisory including carbon credit transactions
- Occupational health and safety compliance
- Workplace accident investigations
- Environmental due diligence for M&A and project finance
- Oil spill response and liability management
- Gas flaring reduction compliance
- Environmental enforcement defense
- Public interest environmental litigation including constitutional environmental rights claims
- Community consultation and host community agreements
- Waste management licensing
- Biodiversity protection
- Water resources management
- Environmental insurance disputes
- Policy advocacy
- Represent clients in high-stakes Supreme Court environmental litigation
- Manage complex multi-party pollution liability disputes
