Environment
USA Guide 2024 : New Jersey
Band 2
About
Provided by Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
- Representation across full spectrum of federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations and their impact on real estate, business and lending transactions and business operations, with a particular focus on New Jersey
- Clients include developers, property and business owners, manufacturers, private and public companies, public-private partnerships, landlords, tenants, financial institutions, investors, trustees and individuals
- Due diligence and contractual allocation of environmental risk
- Brownfield cleanups and contaminated property redevelopment
- Compliance with laws, regulations and permit requirements on property use, pollution and cleanup, federal Superfund law and state analogs
- Waste generation and disposal laws
- Air, water and wetlands laws and permits
- Transaction-triggered environmental laws
- Negotiation with governmental entities on regulatory issues
- Financing for redevelopers of contaminated properties
- Environmental cleanup cost recovery
- Disclosure laws and obligations concerning environmental issues on real property
- Institutional and engineering controls
- Penalty and enforcement proceedings
- Environmental insurance
- Environmental litigation
- Environmental lien laws
- Environmental aspects of bankruptcy
- Sustainable development and alternative energy projects
- Solar development incentives
- Net-metered and grid supply solar installations
- Landfill gas to energy conversion
- Cogeneration/combined heat and power
- Consolidated natural gas
- EHS compliance, workplace safety, product stewardship
Chambers Review
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP has noted strength in contaminated site remediation, particularly brownfield cleanups. The firm is also adept at conducting environmental due diligence and providing counsel on air, water and wetlands laws and permits. It is proficient in advising on the environmental elements of commercial transactions. The team is sought out by a diverse range of clients, including developers, property owners and manufacturers.
Work Highlights
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP served as environmental counsel to L'Oréal USA, handling a wide range of acquisition and leasing matters and their related environmental compliance and due diligence aspects. In particular, it advised L'Oréal on the development of a new research and innovation facility in New Jersey.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis is very familiar with New Jersey and its complex requirements. It is also able to conduct complex negotiations while keeping other work moving."
"Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis is very familiar with New Jersey and its complex requirements. It is also able to conduct complex negotiations while keeping other work moving."
Notable Practitioners
David Farer has an exceedingly broad practice which encompasses environmental litigation, regulatory compliance, transactional issues and redevelopment work.
"David has a significant, stellar reputation."
"He is a very intelligent and experienced lawyer."
Barbara Koonz advises domestic and overseas businesses on environmental permitting for redevelopments and renewable energy projects.
David Roth assists clients with regulatory compliance, environmental liability, site remediation and cost recovery litigation.
"He is seasoned and well known in this space."
Jay Jaffe assists large corporations with environmental issues within a transactional context, including leasing and facility development matters. He also manages regulatory compliance.
"Jay is a lawyer's lawyer, very technically strong and well liked in the industry he operates in."
"He is extremely capable and reliable."
Ranked Lawyers at
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
New Jersey
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