Corporate and Real Estate Transactions

Because of the strict and retroactive liability provisions of many federal and state environmental laws, purchasers and investors of  businesses and real estate can incur enormous cleanup liability even where they are not responsible for the contamination. A properly developed due diligence program can yield significant cost savings to clients in terms of liabilities avoided and adjustments to a particular transaction if information from the due diligence investigation is used properly and in the early stage of the transactional process.

We can help clients structure their transactions and design creative cost-sharing or allocating mechanisms to try to minimize their potential liability, identify environmental liabilities associated with transaction, develop expeditious and cost-effective investigations that meet the needs of a fast-moving transaction, assist clients in identifying and obtaining financial assistance for defraying some or all of the cleanup costs arising out of a particular transaction, and also provide clients with practical and reasonable estimates that allow clients to better value their transactions.

We always look for innovative and practical solutions to environmental problems with one premise in mind: Minimizing environmental liability while maximizing the business opportunity for our clients.

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