Environmental regulation affects those who buy, sell, develop, or provide financing for property. Our environmental attorneys are skilled in helping clients identify and assess environmental concerns, and in structuring corporate and real estate transactions to clearly address potential environmental liability. We are also frequently retained to undertake a thorough review of environmental permitting and liability issues affecting a wide variety of real estate developments, acquisitions, and investments.
We also assist lenders in project finance and real estate lending in their efforts to minimize potential liability for environmental conditions. Our work includes review of environmental issues for lenders before they extend a loan, commence a refinancing, or pursue workout proceedings. Our attorneys counsel lenders about how to avoid environmental liability in the management of their loans and how to protect their interests in real estate collateral that has proved to be contaminated.