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Marine & Environmental Law Advisory

Law has a crucial role to play in the achievement of a sustainable system. We offer current and up-to-date legal expertise and guidance on:

  • Marine & environmental policy development
  • Regulatory investigation & interpretation
  • Research
  • Pre-feasibility & feasibility studies for new projects
  • Interpreting environmental & marine legislation
  • Advising on environmental & marine aspects of commercial transactions & agreements
  • Consultations & legal opinions
  • Environmental & marine risk investigation
  • Current legal developments in international marine & environmental law
  • Advice on the application of international law in the local context
  • Permitting & licensing advice
  • Advising on & reviewing Environmental Impact Assessments
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About Tanya Brodie Rudolph

Environmental & Marine Law Advisory

Tanya is a legal consultant with over two decades of legal practice experience, specializing in commercial law, as well as in environmental and marine law. She was admitted as an attorney of the High Court in 1995, and holds a BA LLB (University of Johannesburg), an LLM Banking and Stock
Exchange Law (University of Johannesburg) and an LLM Marine and Environmental Law (University of Cape Town).

She lectured in banking law at the University of Johannesburg, and spent the first part of her career specialising in the financial market law sector.

This commercial background provided a strong base for invaluable experience in the oil and gas industry in the years following.

Following her passion for the environment, she obtained a further Master’s degree in environmental and marine law.

Recently, she has been advising on the implications of international ocean law in the development of new project opportunities in the Southern African region, as well as contributing to a Blue Paper for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (www.oceanpanel.org).

Tanya was appointed as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Complex Systems in Transition at the University of Stellenbosch in 2020 in order to contribute specialized expertise to research programs.

" The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.”

Gaylord Nelson

Client Testimonials

"Tanya worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team developing the Business Plans for a large industrial Offshore Oil & Gas facility in Saldanha & a Rig Repair Hub in the Port of Cape Town. Her role as the Commercial Lead required her to integrate the Technical, Financial & Legal work streams into a coherent commercial structure to establish a Bankable Business Plan for the Shareholders. She provided valuable input to the success of both projects which resulted in world class facilities being financed & built in these ports servicing the international oil & gas market."
Brian BlackbeardManaging Director, Atlantis Marine Projects
Brian Blackbeard
"Working with Tanya Brodie Rudolph has been a joy. She brings top-notch scholarship & research acumen, a clear writing style & a warm, collaborative approach to working together. Her work is thus credible, accessible & relevant, a rare combination."
Mary RuckelshausManaging Director, The Natural Capital Project
Mary Ruckelshaus
"Tanya provided expert knowledge on international and local legislation to FerroMarine Africa to develop a compliant ship recycling facility in the Port of Saldanha. The plans to establish this facility required her review of all applicable environmental and waste disposal protocols, international standards and conventions, to ensure compliance of the operations. Her domain knowledge was invaluable to assist FMA in optimising its commercial structure and operations to work safely and environmentally responsible on this venture."
Brian BlackbeardManaging Director, FerroMarine Africa
Brian Blackbeard
"I worked with Tanya Brodie Rudolph on sustainability-oriented research work at the international level. She is an excellent researcher, diligent and clear thinker, extremely committed and reliable and has a remarkably clear writing style. She is a team player and her collaborative capabilities makes it a pleasure to work with her. Her work is thus of a high quality and she works easily in teams dealing with complex challenges - a rare combination."
Mark SwillingProfessor, The Sustainability Institute, University of Stellenbosch
Mark Swilling

“ The ocean is the life source of our planet and vital for healthy human societies & a thriving world economy ”

The High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy www.oceanpanel.org

— The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change —

5 Opportunities for Action
Summary for Decision-makers

Download: “The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change” (PDF) www.oceanpanel.org

"Complex systems are such that small disruptions can have disproportionately large impactful system-wide effects."

-Tanya Brodie Rudolph

Download: The Ocean Transition: What to Learn from Systems Transitions

Blue Paper
Summary for Decision-makers

Download: “The Ocean Transition: What to Learn from Systems Transitions” (PDF) www.oceanpanel.org

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Climate change requires integrated innovative solutions for governance, design and the science-policy interface. Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals is an absolute imperative – it is changing the way we design and develop new initiatives – we need solutions that are designed to meet our needs without harming the planet.

We need new narratives that can guide policy which is sufficiently flexible to meet an uncertain future. We need meaningful compliance with existing and new laws.

Enviromer has been created for this purpose. Our team offers expertise in marine and environmental governance and policy, international award winning sustainable architecture and planning and a specialist scientific expertise.