Nick Rock

Nick Rock has over 25 years’ experience specialising in EU, UK and International Environmental, Health & Safety, Product Regulatory, Chemicals, ESG and Climate Change laws.

He is consistently recognised as a leading individual for Environmental Law by The Legal 500, Chambers, London Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers™ in the United Kingdom, Who’s Who Legal for Environmental Lawyers, and for Climate Change.

Nick’s experience also spans handling the environmental, health & safety aspects of complex commercial transactions, disputes and large projects, particularly in the on and off-shore energy and natural resources, chemicals and technology sectors. He has acted for: developers, operators, lenders, private equity investors and others in the development, disposal, acquisition, financing and/or decommissioning of power stations and related infrastructure, wind, solar, biomass, bioliquids and biofuels facilities, oil refineries, petrochemicals facilities, mines, paper mills, manufacturing facilities, landfill sites, waste transfer stations and recycling plants.

Nick also has a wealth of experience in the EU regulatory aspects of bringing a new product to market, through eco-design, production, importation, distribution and supply, to managing product risk, liability and recall to end-of-life take back across a wide range of sectors. He is an acknowledged expert in eco-design, circular economy, e-waste, product liability and recall, as well as all aspects of EU chemicals (REACH, CLP, Biocides etc.).