Teresa Hitchcock

Teresa Hitchcock is a partner in DLA Piper's Sheffield office and leads the firm's UK Safety Health and Environment team.  Prior to training as a solicitor she worked as a senior environmental health officer in local government, and thereby acquired extensive practical experience of regulation and compliance.

Teresa's practice at DLA Piper covers a broad range of environmental, health and safety and product safety law matters and her client base is very diverse.  She regularly advises large international businesses but also government departments, non-profit organisations and local authorities.  Key areas of Teresa's recent practice have included regeneration projects, climate change law, the impact of conservation law on industrial operations, allocation of regulatory liabilities in corporate transactions, defending remediation requirements both statutory and civil, a number of major health and safety investigations and legal compliance projects.

Outside her practice, Teresa is heavily involved in the promotion of sustainable development. She plays a major role in overseeing the implementation of the firm's global sustainability initiative, and is a noted speaker at conferences on such topics as climate change law and sustainable supply chain management.  She is a member of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and is chair of a Sustainability Partnership sub-group.  She has also been involved for a number of years in collaborative projects with the University in this field, and is a keen supporter of the Grantham Centre.