Skills:

Work experience covers commercial law, corporate advice, contracts, consultancy agreements, project finance, due diligence, joint ventures and technology transfer.

Specialist in International Environmental Law and Energy projects. Extensive knowledge of comparative regulatory regimes within EU and outside including Central Europe, India and the USA.

Services:

Key Areas of Legal Practice

• European Law
• International Law
• Environmental Law and Management
• Voluntary International Standards
• Corporate Governance and Sustainability
• Due Diligence
• Risk Management
• Private and Public Sector Project Advice
• In-house Training for Lawyers and Business
• Group
• Individual

Market Research Reports

• Countries
• Cultures
• Sectors

Business Guidance

• Missions overseas
• Introductions and contacts
• Cultural advice

Published extensively: books, reference authority, articles in professional journals.

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Dr Linda Spedding

Solicitor (England and Wales)
Attorney (USA)
Advocate (India)

Contact: linda@spedding.org

Profile of Dr L S Spedding LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., Ph.D.
Solicitor (England &Wales), Attorney (USA) and Advocate (India)

Key Qualifications: 25 years of legal practice, research, writing and projects concerning national, European and international law.

Dr Spedding’s experience encompasses constitutional law, community law, copyright law, corporate advice, joint ventures, project finance, drafting contracts, consultancy agreements and technology transfer. Based in London, Dr Spedding specialises as an independent legal adviser in environmental law, policy and standards has been involved in public and private environmental projects in the UK, EU, USA and India. Dr. Spedding has extensive experience in and knowledge of international and comparative developed and developing regulatory regimes. She has assisted with particular regulatory drafting needs, as well as implementation and enforcement aspects in various jurisdictions.

Dr. Spedding qualified as a solicitor in the UK in 1975, leaving the firm where she trained to obtain more corporate experience with a more internationally minded firm. She added to her experience through an LL.M. in European and International Law and an extended work experience at the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels. She was invited to pursue a Ph.D. in European and International Law relating to the freedom of movement of the legal profession while continuing in practice. Over the years since her Ph.D. in 1984 Dr. Spedding has had many works published commencing with “Transnational Legal Practice in the EEC and USA” in 1987, having been admitted to the New York Bar as an Attorney at Law in 1985. She was admitted as an Advocate in the Bar of New Delhi in 1989.

Over the last 18 years she has been published particularly in the area of environmental law and management, and has spoken regularly at conferences and in-house training sessions. Dr Spedding was awarded the Alexander Maxwell Law Scholarship Trust Award in the 1995/1996 awards for her contribution in this area.

Dr. Spedding has dealt with projects that involve advising both the public and private sectors on the appropriate choice of partners, having regard to different environmental regulatory and voluntary frameworks. Having worked in various regions and cultures Dr Spedding has developed a trans-boundary approach to the provision of her services. She has also been able to assist in the resolution of issues through alternative dispute resolution outside the usual litigation process and developed a useful understanding and negotiating ability.

Over the last two decades she has spent several months a year overseas, particularly in the USA, Europe and India. This experience has enabled her to have a unique understanding in what is involved in international projects. Moreover, it has convinced her of the value of high quality personal services and the need to ensure that they are available to organisations regardless of their size and their basic resources. She has been particularly concerned with the needs of small business and has interacted with the FPB and its members for several years, especially as regards the policy issues relating to the environment, environmental management, corporate governance, CSR and ethical issues. As regards UK practice and ethics she can assist small business with preliminary case advice in key areas and guidance on specialists where relevant. At EU level she has regularly provided submissions on small business issues. Moreover she is the Due Diligence and Small Business editor of Advising Business, Law & Practice Journals published by EMIS Professional Publishers Ltd.

Throughout her professional life she has carried out pro bono work and assisted an ethnic minority charity assisting women, children and the handicapped in particular. See also www.lindaspedding.co.uk and www.womeninlaw.com and www.balancedlives.info

Main Publications:

• "Environmental Liabilities: European Developments", Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd., September 2000
• "Environmental Law Guide", Old Bailey Press, 1999
• "Environmental Issues in Business", ICSA Publishing, 1997
• "Trade and Investment in India", Cameron May, 1997
• 2nd Edition, "International Professional Practice", Wiley, 1996
• 2nd Edition, "Environmental Management for Business", Wiley, 1996
• "Contaminated Land Revisited", Tolleys Publishers, 1995
• "International Environmental Policy and Management", Stanley Thornes, 1995
• "Eco-Management and Eco-Auditing: Environmental Issues in Business", Wiley Chancery, 1993
• "Transnational Legal Practice in EEC and USA", Transnational Publishers Inc., 198
• Legal textbooks and annual updates on "Succession, Wills, Probate and Administration of Estates” for HLT Publications, 1986-1996
• Numerous reviews and articles in UK, Europe, USA and India1984-present
• Ongoing: "Due Diligence and Risk Management Newsletter", EMIS Professional Publishing Ltd; Environmental Contributor to Due Diligence Practitioners Guide, Sweet & Maxwell; and International Environmental Editorial Advisor “Risk Management Bulletin”, Arkgroup: Editor “Advising Law and Business” EMIS PP Ltd

Membership of professional bodies (continuing to date):

• The Society of Chemistry and Industry 1995
• The Commonwealth Lawyers' Association, 1994
• The Society of Authors, 1993
• The Institute of European Law, Birmingham University Law Faculty, 1990
• United Kingdom Environmental Lawyers' Association (UKELA), 1986
• The American Bar Association (ABA), 1984
• Justice (International Commission of Justice, UK Branch), 1982
• The International Bar Association (IBA), 1982
• The Solicitors' European Group (SEG), 1982
• The Law Society of England and Wales, 1975