He advises a wide range of clients
on environmental due diligence issues and RMA and related planning instruments, and has appeared in front of Boards of Inquiry and the Court of Appeal.
Not exact matches
Much of the focus in
due diligence is
on the costs of remediation and future
environmental liabilities because one thing those firms don't like is uncertainties around unexpected law suits or big clean - up bills popping up in the future.
The former chairman of the White House Counsel
on Environmental Quality, George Frampton Jr., told regulators in a July 18 filing that he is conducting
due diligence on Oceana
on behalf of «a major private equity fund interested in being the lead investor in Oceana.»
Ms. Patton also serves
on numerous government and non-governmental advisory boards, including the US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Financial Advisory Board, the Bureau of National Affairs» monthly publication
Environmental Due Diligence Guide, and the US EPA
Environmental Technology Verification Program.
In addition to litigation and advisory work, Vanessa has extensive experience in
environmental and planning
due diligence and has advised clients
on the
environmental aspects of a broad range of property and commercial transactions.
Problems which can be avoided through effective legal
due diligence include the purchaser being burdened with outstanding tax debts, liens
on its assets, unresolved litigation matters,
environmental violations, work orders and employment law violations.
Led by the firm's head of real estate Andrew Bembridge, the deal was made even more challenging by the fact it was a share sale transaction and there were no warranties
on the underlying
environmental state of the properties, requiring extensive
due diligence procedures from all parties (including ensuring that representations made at interviews between the buyer and seller
on environmental issues were not binding).
He also offers transactional
environmental due diligence counsel and direction
on liability allocation in the context of real property acquisitions, dispositions and leasings.
He also advises clients
on environmental compliance issues and
environmental audits, and provides legal advice
on due diligence and allocation of risks in real estate and corporate transactions.
His practice is focused
on project development, strategic counseling,
environmental and natural resources litigation,
due diligence, and other administrative and regulatory matters.
Global head of environment, Vanessa Havard - Williams predicts a greater focus by companies
on due diligence concerning the supply chain and third parties, while,
on the
environmental front, companies face greater exposure under new UK sentencing guidelines from July with fines capped at # 3m.
We advise clients
on environmental compliance matters and can help conduct
environmental law
due diligence, negotiate and draft
environmental law related contracts and agreements, represent in
environmental impact assessments, and advise
on consent and permit proceedings and disputes related to
environmental prosecutions.
In this article, I discuss the decisions that real estate investors face when it comes to physical
due diligence — think
environmental site assessments, property condition reports, BOMA surveys, ALTA surveys, seismic risk assessments, and the like — and how to wring the most return
on investment out of the process.
EDR Insight's ScoreKeeper model tracks
environmental due diligence activity (measured in terms of the volume of Phase I
environmental site assessments)
on a national, regional, state and metro level.