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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins LLP is celebrated for its breadth of practice, advising clients on a litany of climate change-related issues, ranging from air quality and renewable energy projects to green bonds. It is well known for government relations work and advocating on behalf of client interests, as well as delivering successful compliance programs. The team is expert on matters including litigation and carbon transactions and frequently acts for clients at the cutting edge of new environmental technologies.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins advised Terradot, a carbon sequestration company, on the structuring and negotiation of its carbon removal offtake agreements.

Strengths

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Latham brings big picture thinking, often finding blind spots for us that were not on our radar. Additionally, the firm provides extremely tight contracts, doing it right the first time.

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The firm has a deep team of professionals and is extremely responsive.

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Latham's deep and wide substantive experience uniquely enables them to provide strategic guidance in the climate arena.

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Notable Practitioners

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Jean-Philippe Brisson
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Jean-Philippe Brisson
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Jean-Philippe Brisson is recognized for his national climate change practice that covers emissions issues as well as carbon credit projects and California's Cap-and-Trade program.

JP knows California climate policy, regulators, legislators and relevant stakeholders in a way that provides incredible insight and value to his clients.

JP has great commercial focus and is always responsive to client questions.

Jean-Philippe plays a principal role on major carbon transactions around the world.

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Joshua Bledsoe
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Joshua Bledsoe
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Joshua Bledsoe has notable expertise in climate regulation. He handles complex infrastructure and development projects involving low-carbon technologies. His broader environmental practice includes CEQA, NEPA, CWA and CAA regulatory compliance counseling.

Josh is deeply knowledgeable about carbon and emission markets and is extremely experienced with energy projects.

Josh is really smart and he understands some of the nuances in issues, overlap between environmental regulation and tax, he understands regulatory nuance and commercial realities.

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Jean-Philippe Brisson
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Jean-Philippe Brisson
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Joshua Bledsoe
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Joshua Bledsoe
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