Laura Tainsh
Laura Tainsh is the lead partner in the Environmental and Waste team at Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP. She has varied and wide-ranging experience which covers all environmental issues, with a particular specialism for dealing with the waste and resources sector. Laura enjoys being involved in unique transactions which require a bespoke but commercial approach.
Laura is a Chartered Waste and Resource Manager with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). She is also the Chair the Scottish Council of CIWM, a member of the Scottish Committee of the UK Environmental Law Association and an active member of the Law Society of Scotland Environmental Law Committee. Laura is also a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist in Environmental Law.
On the more academic side of things, Laura is a member of the editorial board of the highly regarded Scottish Planning & Environmental Law (SPEL) Journal as well as being a regular contributor to the journal and to other industry publications as a columnist. She also regularly presents at and hosts seminars and conference events, in the UK and further afield, on all aspects of environmental law but particularly on issues to do with waste and resources management and policy.