About

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Environmental matters in corporate transactions can be risky and complex. Our clients rely on our seasoned environmental lawyers to successfully navigate these issues in debt financings and restructurings, securities offerings and M&A deals. We frequently provide advice related to environmentally sensitive businesses such as oil and gas, mining, energy, waste management, chemical manufacturing and construction.

We have wide-ranging experience in environmental risk analysis and reduction, contract negotiation and indemnification arrangements. Our clients appreciate our ability to provide industry insight and practical business context to their most critical environmental matters. We often go beyond typical compliance and remediation issues and consult on a variety of evolving environmental concerns, including sustainable development, supply chain performance, alternative energy, and climate change.

Our environmental lawyers regularly collaborate with our litigators. We are experienced in many types of environmental litigation, particularly related to insurance coverage. We have handled cost recovery actions involving hazardous waste sites, claims for natural resource damages, environmental contract claims, governmental enforcement proceedings, and toxic tort matters. We also use alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, to bring positive, out-of-court resolutions to our clients' environmental disputes.

Chambers Review

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Environment: Mainly Transactional - New York

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP offers a distinguished team with extensive experience advising prominent lenders and underwriters on major financial and corporate transactions. High level of expertise in health and safety concerns, as well as in environmental compliance and risk management. Deep knowledge of site remediation and SEC disclosure.

Work Highlights

  • Cahill Gordon represented Goldman Sachs Lending Partners in connection with the environmental aspects of a $500 million incremental amendment to the term B credit facility for Clean Harbors, Inc.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Gregory J Battista
2
Gregory J Battista
2
Band 2
Gregory Battista has experience in an array of federal and state compliance matters as well as the environmental aspects of corporate transactions and environmental health and safety compliance.

He is very bright, knowledgeable and experienced.

Above all Greg is a master craftsman and he brings this highly practical approach to his legal practice.

He is very commercial, really smart, and he knows how to get directly at the issues without trying to score points.

Lynn Schmidt
3
Lynn Schmidt
3
Band 3
Lynn Schmidt excels in ESG transactional matters, advising on a wide range of issues including environmental compliance, enforcement, emerging contaminants, and environmental justice.

She is wonderful to work with, really focuses in on the right things and gets down to the important issues.

Lynn has years of experience and is very commercial.

She is very experienced, knowledgeable and pragmatic.

Ranked Lawyers at
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

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New York

Environment: Mainly Transactional

Gregory J Battista
2
Gregory J Battista
2
Band 2
Lynn Schmidt
3
Lynn Schmidt
3
Band 3

Members

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Industries

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Chemical Manufacturing

Construction

Energy

Financial Institutions

Mining

Oil and Gas

Waste Management