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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.
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP offers a distinguished team with extensive experience advising prominent lenders and underwriters on major financial and corporate transactions. It has a high level of expertise in health and safety concerns, as well as in environmental compliance and risk management. The team has deep knowledge of site remediation and SEC disclosure.
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP provided Citigroup Global Markets with environmental counsel in relation to the $3.77 billion committed financing for Talen Energy’s acquisition of multiple energy companies.
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Cahill's environmental transactional attorneys are knowledgeable and practical in their approach.
The attorneys are commercial, responsive, sensible and incredibly collegiate. They have a great eye for detail and are great to work with.
Cahill has a wide variety of expertise across all industries and is very efficient in understanding the key risks inherent in any deal. The team represents its clients zealously.
The attorneys at Cahill Gordon & Reindel are highly experienced and talented in the environmental law context. Furthermore, they are practical problem-solvers with a keen sense of what is commercial.
Cahill Gordon & Reindel has a very deep environmental practice.
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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.
Greg is one of the best in the field and understands the underlying law.
Greg Battista is knowledgeable and backed by years of experience.
Greg brings a high degree of rigor and takes a very commercial approach. He is methodical and a pleasure to deal with.
Greg is about as smart as they come. He's very strong on the climate side in addition to transactional work.
Lynn Schmidt excels in ESG transactional matters, advising on a wide range of issues including environmental compliance, enforcement, emerging contaminants and environmental justice.
Lynn does a great job and stands out for her commercial awareness.
Lynn Schmidt is knowledgeable and practical in her approach to environmental transactions.
I am very happy working with Lynn. She is sophisticated and talented and has a real sense of material issues.
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Environment: Mainly Transactional
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