A Latin American Environmental Law & Sustainability Practice
Melissa Owen is a bi-national, multilingual attorney focused on environmental, health and safety matters in Latin America for U.S. and multinational clients, first with a leading national firm and then in private practice since 1998. Services have included traditional environmental compliance and permitting questions on Latin American facilities, drafting audit protocols and conducting on-site industrial audits, providing regulatory and legislative tracking services for the region, managing local counsel and teams, acting regional counsel roles for a major U.S. corporation, government relations on environmental matters, and product stewardship initiatives.
- Responding to compliance questions for Latin American operations
- Regulatory Interpretation
- Advising on Product Stewardship
- Onsite Audits and Audit Protocols
- Legislative/Regulatory Tracking & Reporting on Emerging Issues
- Managing Local Counsel Needs
- Government Relations on Environmental Issues