Sean Bezark

Real Estate

Environmental

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

Sean W. Bezark focuses his practice primarily on environmental matters for public corporations, privately held companies, banks, lenders, REITs and private equity investment funds. He advises clients on environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions, bankruptcy cases, environmental investigations and remediation projects, strategic counseling, brownfields development, insurance procurement and risk and cost allocations. He also counsels clients on legal and technical aspects of complex contamination remediation projects and in obtaining reimbursement from insurance companies, indemnitors, real estate and corporate predecessors and third parties. Sean's experience also includes negotiating settlement of all types of environmental claims and civil and criminal complaints brought by federal, state and municipal governmental agencies, and various private party environmental claims and demands.

Concentrations:

Real estate and corporate transactions and development

M&A

Environmental remediation projects

Cost and risk allocation

Redevelopment of brownfields

Negotiations with local, state and federal environmental regulators

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators

Member, Environmental Law Institute

Member, International Bar Association

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2015-2022

Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2010, 2013, 2017-2018 and 2022