James Dolphin

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Environment: Mainly Transactional

Texas

1 Years Ranked

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James “Jim” Dolphin is a partner in Kirkland’s global environmental practice group. Jim manages environmental matters for private equity and industry clients involved in all types of complex corporate transactions, including the acquisition and divestiture of businesses of all sizes, project development and financing, equity investments, restructurings, and public and private offerings. Jim conducts and coordinates environmental due diligence assessments, retains and supervises consultants and technical experts, counsels clients on regulatory trends and liability and risk allocation issues, drafts and negotiates contracts and agreements, assists in procurement of environmental insurance and other risk-management solutions, and pursues post-closing resolution of environmental issues. Jim has significant experience advising clients on the environmental aspects of energy-focused transactions and projects, including oil, natural gas, and other conventional energy projects, and emerging energy technology projects involving carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration, solar, energy storage, wind, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and other low carbon fuels, geothermal, energy efficiency, and environmental credits, attributes, and offsets.

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Emory University School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 2015. Elon University, B.A., International Studies & Political Science, cum laude, 2012.

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Environment: Mainly Transactional - Texas

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James Dolphin is developing a strong environmental transactional support practice, with particular expertise in advising petroleum clients.

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"James is an excellent lawyer technically, very commercially minded and his dedication is impressive."

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"James is an excellent lawyer technically, very commercially minded and his dedication is impressive."

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