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Environment: Mainly Transactional

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Environment: Mainly Transactional - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has an experienced team skilled in a diverse range of environmentally impacted transactions and financings on both a national and international platform. Its expertise includes disclosure and reporting requirements for capital markets transactions, complex M&A and project finance. Other areas of strength include know-how in environmental insurance issues and climate change regulations. The firm also houses a disputes team which frequently handles challenges to the allocation of environmental risk among private parties. It is highly regarded for its work in the alternative energy space.

Strengths

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Davis Polk & Wardwell has a team of incredibly smart individuals that are able to look at an ever-evolving regulatory landscape and provide highly actionable advice to clients.

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The team is very thorough, thoughtful and gets things done.

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Because of Davis Polk's experience working on large-scale transactions in the corporate finance arena, the firm is very up to date on environmental and due diligence issues.

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The lawyers at Davis Polk are extraordinarily committed to their clients and finding innovative ways to address the issues that arise in the various transactions in which they are involved.

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The team is always on top of the relevant regulations and flags issues proactively with us.

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Notable Practitioners

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Loyti Cheng
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Loyti Cheng
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Loyti Cheng has over three decades of experience in environmental law. She has a particular focus on the environmental aspects of corporate transactions, including M&A, financings and real estate investments.

Loyti Cheng is very experienced, smart and practical.

Loyti is one of the best environmental lawyers in New York City. She's been doing this work for several decades and her stature and longevity set her apart in this highly specialized industry.

Loyti Cheng is knowledgeable, practical and responsive regarding environmental law matters.

I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Loyti. Her commercial awareness and ability to distill complex topics is unparalleled.

Loyti is a well-experienced environmental and transactional lawyer who is deeply skilled in identifying environmental issues and successfully negotiating them. Her skills are outstanding and her level of understanding is exceptional. She is completely on top of all emerging issues and a critical part of the transactional team.

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David Zilberberg
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David Zilberberg
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David Zilberberg is highly sought by clients from such industries as oil and gas and chemical manufacturing, to advise on the environmental aspects of high-value transactions. He has in-depth knowledge of consent agreements, ESG due diligence and contamination issues.

David knows his way around a deal better than most and has worked in the environmental law space for a long time.

David is a transactional thought leader. He asks clients the right questions to expose opportunities that would otherwise be overlooked.

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Michael Comstock
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Michael Comstock
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Michael Comstock has experience advising clients on the environmental elements of significant transactions.

Michael is practical and proactive.

He is a pleasure to work with and understands the intricacies of the environmental laws in many jurisdictions.

Michael is collaborative and a real team player.

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Loyti Cheng
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Loyti Cheng
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David Zilberberg
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David Zilberberg
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Michael Comstock
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Michael Comstock
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