Nawneet has authored three books that have been published by LexisNexis. He has close to 50 publications which include chapters in international publications and columns and articles in mainstream media and publications like Times of India, Economic Times, Financial Express, LiveMint, The Hindu, Business Line, Fortune India, Statesman, Business Standard, Business World, VCCircle, DNA, Mondaq and Lexology.

As a 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, Australia, Germany, Spain, Philippines and Belgium.

Nawneet is one of the very few lawyers in India specialising in Environmental Law practice and has gained an enviable experience in dealing in environmental matters. He has been actively advising clients on environmental issues in transactions where he examines the 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 on mergers and acquisitions and similar transactions involving companies across sectors where environmental issues are involved. Apart from the regulatory advisory, compliance and ESG audit etc., Nawneet has been assisting clients in responding to the notices from the regulatory authorities besides representing them in environmental disputes before the Supreme Court, NGT and other courts and authorities.

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• A prominent e-commerce company on issues relating to management and recycling of plastic waste used in packaging of their products.
• Advised a cement company on environmental issues pertaining to impact of coal mining in the North-East and related regulatory proceedings.
• Advised a company on various environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues which were required to be addressed in light of a potential transaction.
• Advised a German supplier supplying automotive parts to Indian companies on emission control requirements in India under the BS-IV and BS-VI norms.
• Companies on issues relating to corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and what expenses would be covered under such categories.
• A leading US manufacturer of packaging and labelling material on issues relating to environmental compliance at its manufacturing facility. This included review of consultant’s report and identification of risks and also advising on the strategy to be adopted for mitigating the potential risk due to past non-compliances and shifting the plant to another site.
• Enterprises located in polluted industrial clusters, as identified by the CPCB before NGT, in states like Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Haryana and assisted them in seeking exemption from the SPCBs to avoid any punitive measures or imposition of fine.
• Mining companies on issues relating to compensatory afforestation and whether such compensatory afforestation could be carried out in a different state with the consent of the relevant governments.
• One of India’s largest steel manufacturers on issues relating to seeking environmental clearance for expansion of a ‘red category’ industry located in the vicinity of an ecologically sensitive zone.
• Global alcoholic beverages company in a matter pertaining to usage of ground water in water scarce areas.

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• Successful dismissal by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of a five-star hotel proposed in Uttarakhand, in a dispute relating to violation of forest conservation laws.
• A chemical industry before the NGT in a matter where closure orders were issued against the chemical industry by the SPCB.
• A multinational steel company before the NGT in a matter relating to various environmental issues including coastal zone protection and hazardous waste management.
• A graphite electrode manufacturer in a matter before the NGT and the Supreme Court of India relating to air pollution caused due to the industry in its vicinity thereby resulting in alleged health issues to the people residing around the industry in a prominent locality in Bengaluru.
• A leading real-estate company in a litigation before the NGT with respect to usage of groundwater in construction related activities in Gurgaon.

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