Environmental

Our Environmental Group combines a comprehensive knowledge of environmental laws and regulatory developments with a deep understanding of our clients’ business interests. With an environmental practice that encompasses transactional work, compliance advisory, and litigation, we have handled critical environmental issues facing our clients. We help clients effectively manage the business and legal risks of environmental matters, with solutions that address short-term and long-term impacts.

Our practice

As the scope and complexity of environmental law has expanded in recent decades, companies must contend with a diverse set of regulations that now affect areas as varied as air emissions and wastewater discharges, and disposal of hazardous waste, contaminated land, and chemical use and safety.

Our clients

Morgan offers insightful advice, guiding our clients in navigating this regulatory landscape, whether it is related to transactions, compliance, regulatory disputes or significant environmental litigation.

Our team

Our attorneys combine a comprehensive understanding of environmental laws and regulatory developments with a deep understanding of our clients' business interests.

Our Practice

As the scope and complexity of environmental law has expanded in recent decades, companies must contend with a diverse set of regulations that now affect areas as varied as air emissions and wastewater discharges, and disposal of hazardous waste, contaminated land, and chemical use and safety. In addition, emerging concerns regarding environmental, social and corporate governance principles applicable to a wide range of businesses present new compliance and reputation challenges. Morgan attorneys offer insightful counsel, guiding our clients in navigating this regulatory landscape, whether related to transactions, compliance, regulatory disputes, or significant environmental litigation.

Corporate Transactions

Morgan, the environmental attorneys work closely with members of the firm’s other departments to address environmental issues that arise in transactions. With their deep understanding of client concerns in the transactional context, our environmental attorneys can provide personalized guidance in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, financings, insurance coverage, real estate, sales, financings and securitizations, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic issues. partnerships, securities offerings, purchase of raw materials, equipment and services. In addition, our attorneys provide guidance once the transaction is complete, assisting in the integration of the acquired business, operations and sites with respect to environmental matters.

Our diverse client list represents a comprehensive practice that can effectively represent clients, whether they are acting as buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, investors, issuers of securities, or investment bankers. Our clients benefit from our varied experience, which enables our lawyers to advise on the nature and extent of environmental risks and the means of managing those risks, regardless of the client’s role in the contemplated business transactions. We represent clients in national and international transactions with a special focus on clients in the financial, industrial, and natural resource sectors.

sustainability

Environmental, social and governance issues (also known as sustainability issues) have come under close public scrutiny in recent years. Such topics range from environmentally sustainable practices, including the use of renewable energy and recycling, to supply chain concerns, including human rights and conflict minerals. Our environmental lawyers have advised corporate clients on the development of standards for monitoring and methods for reporting on sustainability issues. In addition, we have helped clients review such issues in strategic, public, and private equity acquisitions and investments. As attention to these issues grows, our attorneys are well positioned to advise clients on how to address sustainability concerns and integrate sustainability considerations into their business and procurement processes.

Litigation

Morgan, the Environmental Practice Group collaborates with our world-class Litigation Department to represent clients in major lawsuits involving complicated environmental issues. Our long experience in managing headline-grabbing environmental litigation uniquely positions us to help clients respond ethically to the sensitive issues that often accompany environmental disputes. We have represented clients in environmental administrative proceedings and litigation under a number of related federal and state laws and regulations, including:
  • Clean Air Act
  • Clean Water Act
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Responsibility Law (CERCLA)
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Multi-party claims, class actions, and complex litigation, as well as civil and criminal matters related to insurance, bankruptcy, property law, and personal injury fall within the purview of our Environmental Practice Group. While part of our counseling skill lies in helping our clients avoid litigation, the full resources of our full-service firm are used to protect our clients’ long-term interests.

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