He regularly appears in environmental matters before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and has been advising clients in diverse environment related matters in sectors like cement, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automotive, construction and real estate, power, fast-moving consumer goods, healthcare, hospitality, mining, oil and gas, steel and waste management. Nawneet has also been advising clients on issues relating to Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects and is a member of FICCI’s task force on ESG.
Nawneet has received awards and fellowships from BELSPO, UKIERI, Robert Bosch Foundation, Asian Development Bank and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India. Nawneet has been recognized as a key lawyer for environmental disputes by Legal 500 in 2022, as one amongst the top 100 lawyers in India by Forbes India in 2021 and as one amongst the top 40 legal professionals under the age of 40 in India by Business World Legal in 2020 (BW Legal 40 under 40).
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Nawneet has authored three books on environment, energy and climate change, all of which have been published by LexisNexis. He has also been actively contributing to chapters in international publications and columns and articles in mainstream Indian media and publications such as Economic Times, Financial Express, LiveMint, The Hindu, Fortune India, Statesman, Business Standard, VCCircle, DNA, Mondaq and Lexology. As part of his legal education support initiative, Nawneet has offered regular lectures in Environmental Law and Energy Law at National Law University Delhi and Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat between 2011 and 2015. He has been involved in several speaking engagements at prestigious seminars and conferences related to environment, sustainability and climate change in India, USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Spain, Philippines and Belgium.
As one amongst the few lawyers in India specialising in Environmental Law practice, Nawneet has gained an enviable experience in dealing with environmental matters. He has been actively advising clients on environmental issues in transactions where he examines consents and clearances, historic liability, past regulatory action, instances of non-compliances and identifies issues and challenges to assist the client in addressing them and arriving at an effective long-term solution. He has advised clients across sectors on environmental issues in mergers and acquisitions and similar transactions. Nawneet has been advising clients on their ESG compliance strategies including their ESG policy, audits etc. He regularly assists clients in responding to the notices from the regulatory authorities besides representing them in environmental disputes before the Supreme Court of India, NGT and other courts and authorities.
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