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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. 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. Also houses a disputes team which frequently handles challenges to the allocation of environmental risk among private parties. Highly regarded for its work in the alternative energy space.

Strengths

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Top-down, from senior partner to junior associate, Davis Polk's environmental practice group is knowledgeable, user-friendly and appropriately goal-oriented.

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They're an excellent team.

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Davis Polk counsel have provided valuable insight because of their specialized knowledge.

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They are truly outstanding in regard to complex and sophisticated matters.

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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 is an outstanding environmental lawyer who is very sophisticated and understands client needs.

When you tell your board that Loyti has weighed in on something, it makes them calm.

She is detail-oriented when it comes to nuanced environmental statutory and regulatory issues but never loses sight of the big picture or the client's ultimate business goal.

She's a fantastic lawyer, extremely experienced and easy to work with.

Loyti is extremely helpful, very responsive and overall pleasant to work with.

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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 is a very business-practical person.

David is great at explaining complex matters in simple terms. He is very knowledgeable and accessible.

He goes above and beyond to look for ways of managing risk; he is efficient, skilled, and very deal-focused.

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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.

Mike is a great lawyer and a real pleasure to work with. He has the ability to cut through the noise and focus on the issues that are most material to a deal and to communicate with clarity.

Michael is timely, responsive, knowledgeable and very experienced.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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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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