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Environment: Mainly Transactional | USA

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The environment chapter features both litigation and advisory / transactional support to clients. This includes general corporate issues, (eg due diligence on mergers), the development of brownfield sites, and pollution issues.`Traditional` environment work includes regulatory compliance, litigation and enforcement actions related to air, water, wetlands, waste and endangered species.We also feature advice to corporate and financial clients on the environmental aspects of M&A, financings, securities offerings and other transactions, which involve due diligence and environmental insurance issues.

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Band 1
  1. Allen & Overy LLP
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    Allen & Overy LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 1 | 13 Years Ranked
    Allen & Overy LLP offers a streamlined transactional practice able to draw on the firm's international network. Supports national and international clients on a host of environmental matters relating to high-profile transactions and projects. Specialist knowledge also lies in products directives, REACH, emissions trading, energy, shipping and contaminated land.
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  2. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
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    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a compact group known for its attentive service. Advises an enviable corporate clientele on the environmental aspects of acquisitions and other complex transactions. Additional capacity to support projects after deal closure and assist with dispute resolution. Provides environmental strategic counsel to clients in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, petroleum and energy generation. Regularly handles cross-border matters and transactions.
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  3. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    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.
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Band 2
  1. Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
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    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 2 | 14 Years Ranked
    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP offer a distinguished team with extensive experience advising prominent lenders and underwriters on major financial and corporate transactions. High level of expertise in health and safety concerns, as well as in environmental compliance and risk management. Deep knowledge of site remediation and SEC disclosure.
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  2. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP offer a highly regarded team closely associated with the firm's corporate group. Provides analysis and due diligence on a range of high-value transactions and financings. Advises a wide array of domestic and international clients, including private equity firms, large businesses and financial institutions. Notable strength in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, construction and real estate industries.
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  3. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 2 | 8 Years Ranked
    Latham & Watkins LLP offers a New York City-based team with a long-standing practice advising on the treatment of environmental liabilities and risk in corporate and real estate transactions. Noted for deep expertise with regard to Superfund proceedings, compliance with all relevant state and federal statutes concerning toxic emissions and enforcement actions filed by government agencies. Outstanding national reputation in emerging climate change and emissions issues.
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  4. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has a highly regarded team offering liability management and environmental compliance counsel on M&A. Particularly well known in the private equity space and frequently advises on sophisticated projects with a variety of environmental implications. Vast industry experience in the food and heavy manufacturing sectors as well as in power generation and transmission, oil and gas pipelines, agrochemicals and forestry.
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  5. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has an impressive track record handling environmental liability and due diligence mandates for a whole range of corporate matters, including M&A, securities offerings and restructurings. Also offers a leading litigation team with capability to handle cross-border disputes. Assists clients in a variety of industries, including petroleum, mining, pharmaceuticals and food. Known for its particularly strong following among automobile manufacturers.
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  6. White & Case LLP
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    White & Case LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    White & Case LLP advises public and private bodies on environmental regulation and transactional matters. Frequently represents energy, chemical and pharmaceutical companies on a range of matters including M&A, financings and public offerings. Additionally draws on significant knowledge on climate change regulations and offers clients a strong environmental litigation team. Litigation work frequently relates to contaminated sites, environmental compliance and insurance coverage issues.
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Band 3
  1. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 3 | 12 Years Ranked
    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson is a popular choice for environmental transactional counsel. Regularly handles M&A, bankruptcy and project development proceedings with particularly complex environmental aspects. Also noted for advising clients on an array of regulatory and compliance issues.
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  2. O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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    O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 3 | 14 Years Ranked
    O'Melveny & Myers LLP offers a strong team possessing vast experience in documentation advice as well as health and safety counsel on significant transactions, financings and restructurings. Undertakes due diligence and advises on the environmental aspects of transactions involving industrial assets of all kinds. Relied upon by private equity firms to ensure all environmental risk and compliance requirements are properly assessed.
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  3. Proskauer Rose LLP
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    Proskauer Rose LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 3 | 10 Years Ranked
    Proskauer Rose LLP provides liability and impact analysis with respect to M&A, capital markets and financing transactions involving companies and facilities with particularly high environmental risk profiles. Advises on compliance with the full span of regulatory requirements and defends clients in agency enforcement actions and administrative law proceedings. Particularly noted for representing clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, life sciences and manufacturing industries.
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  4. Shearman & Sterling LLP
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    Shearman & Sterling LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2023 | Band 3 | 11 Years Ranked
    Shearman & Sterling LLP performs environmental due diligence on finance transactions, such as capital markets deals, credit facilities and refinancings. Also offers environmental compliance and risk management advice on cross-border corporate and real estate transactions. Acts for financial institutions and companies with substantial commercial and industrial premises. Strong international presence in both the UK and the European Union.
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