Paola Bologna

I provide expert advice on environmental issues, both from an administrative and criminal point of view. I'm particularly skilled in providing legal support to obtain environmental permits.

I have gained over twenty years of experience within leading Italian and international law firms, providing extrajudicial advice and assistance in favour of public administrations and leading national and multinational companies. I am used to Italian administrative, civil and criminal courts, although I prefer to solve disputes before starting the trial.

I also work on corporate responsibility matters, with a focus on ESG and environmental and occupational health and safety aspects, as well as delegation of functions.
I have been and still am a member of the board of directors and a member of the supervisory body in companies.

I graduated in Law at the University of Padua with a thesis on public economic law. I specialised in environmental law by attending a Master's degree at Ca' Foscari University in Venice and a Master's degree at CEIDA in Rome. I then completed a postgraduate course in energy law at the LUISS School of Law in Rome, with a thesis on the new competences of A.R.E.R.A..

I have contributed to several books and articles on environmental law and issues, including 'Environmental Law Treaty', second and third volume, Paolo Dell'Anno and Eugenio Picozza, Padova, 2013, 2015.

• Hazardous and municipal waste management: legal assistance in obtaining environmental permits, transport of waste, including cross-border transport, discharge of wastewater and industrial effluent, legal assistance in ensuring compliance of business activities, development and implementation of the 231 model, development and implementation of delegation of functions.
• Hazardous waste management: legal support in obtaining environmental permits, End of Waste, EPR and REACH.
• Leading companies in the steel processing sector: assistance in the management of inspections and litigation in relation to permits for the discharge of waste water, management of the industrial waste produced and the contractors responsible for its management.
• Leading companies in the tanning sector: legal assistance in court regarding by-products, disposal of waste.
• Leading companies in the oil and gas sector: legal assistance in court regarding the remediation of contaminated sites and alleged contamination of groundwater.
• Leading companies in the real estate sector: assistance and advice regarding the total exemption from the variable part of the TARI (municipal waste tax).
• Leading companies in the energy sector: advice and assistance in relation to authorization procedures and environmental impact assessments for installations.
• Leading companies in the agri-food sector: advice and assistance on the application of regulations concerning incentives for the conversion of biogas plants into biomethane.
• Leading companies in the pharmaceutical production and distribution sector: advice and assistance in the application of CONAI's contribution to EPR in the packaging sector.
• Leading companies in the IT production and distribution sector: advice and assistance in the application of environmental labelling regulations.

• Primary Italian tannery company: revocation of waste removal order.
• Primary waste & waste management company: several judgment of acquittal about crimes against the environment.
• Waste transport: several judgment of revocation about ADR tickets.