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    Valentina Cavanna
    ADVANT Nctm - Milan
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    Valentina Cavanna

    ADVANT Nctm - Milan
    Lawyer
    Advisor

    LANGUAGES

    English / Italian

    Practice Areas

    Corporate and Commercial - Public Law and Procurement

    Beyond Europe

    China Desk

    Sectors

    Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

    Spotlight

    ESG

    Contacts

    T : + 39 02 725511

    valentina.cavanna@advant-nctm.com

    Expertise

    After gained experience in the field of Civil Law and Litigation, Valentina Cavanna provides legal assistance and carries out legal due diligence activities on Environmental Law and Health and Safety in the Workplace, in particular with regard to issues concerning Integrated Environmental Authorization, air emissions, water discharges, waste management, remediation procedures for contaminated sites and safety aspects (e.g., fire prevention legislation; asbestos); as well as on ESG and sustainability aspects (including legal risk management; ETS; CBAM; sustainability of value/supply chain; greenwashing, climate change and environmental litigation).

    Valentina graduated with laude and press dignity from Genoa University with a thesis in Administrative Law concerning juridical and administrative aspects of Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment.

    She is also Research Fellow (“Assegnista di ricerca”) on circular economy at Turin University in the context of a research project funded by PNRR (“NODES”). 

    Moreover, she is co-chair of the Health Section of International Association for Impact Assessment (“IAIA”). 

    Firthermore, she authored several articles on Environmental Law.

    Education

    • Registered in the special Register of lawyers admitted to practice in front of the Corte di Cassazione and other High Courts, 2024
    • MA in International Relations, cum laude and press dignity, Genoa University, 2014
    • Admitted to the Bar of Genoa, 2011
    • Law Degree, cum laude and press dignity, Genoa University, 2008.

    Publications

    Semplificare per tutelare? Le valutazioni di impatto dopo il PNRR
    in: Ambiente&Sviluppo, n. 7, 526, 2021

    Ambiente e salute: obiettivi di valore costituzionale da tutelare anche oltre le frontiere nazionali [nota a sentenza del Conseil Constitutionnel francese n. 2019-823 QPC del 31 gennaio 2020]
    in: Corti Supreme e Salute, 2021 

    Tutela multilivello di ambiente e salute: il ruolo di Cedu e Unione Europea alla luce del caso dell’Ilva di Taranto
    in: Ambientediritto.it, 2020 

    Tutela di salute e ambiente: riflessioni a margine dell’emergenza Coronavirus
    in: Ambientediritto.it, 2020 

    Valutazione di Impatto sulla Salute (VIS). Normativa, Linee Guida, Applicazioni Pratiche
    Wolters Kluwer Italia, Milano, ISBN 9788821763298, 2017 

    Articles

    Packaging and packaging waste regulation ("PPWR"): new obligations for businesses
    Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (the so-called “PPWR”) introduces new obligations for…
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    Decree-law 19/2026: new provisions on remediation and unhealthy industries
    Introduction Decree-Law No. 19 of 19 February 2026, titled “Further urgent…
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    EU Regulation on Deforestation (EUDR): Updates and Compliance from 2025
    The European Regulation on the making available on the Union market and the…
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    CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL | Coronavirus and health and safety requirements
    1. Foreword Given the extraordinary situation related to the spread of the COVID-19 virus (for the sake of simplicity, hereinafter also referred to as “Coronavirus”), in compliance with the provisions…
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    ADMINISTRATIVE | Urgent measures in the field of administrative justice, administrative proceedings and environmental compliance: the Cura Italia Decree and its extensions
    By Decree Law No. 18 of March 17, 2020 ("Decreto Cura Italia" - “Healing Italy Decree”), published in the Official Gazette of 17 March 2020, new measures in the field of, inter alia, administrative…
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    Planning of energy and environmental sustainability of port systems: Guidelines approved
    On 17 December 2018 the Italian Ministry of Environment and for the Protection of Land and Sea (Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare “MATTM”) approved the “Guidelines for the…
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