Environment - Puerto Rico
What the Team is Known For
McConnell Valdés boasts a market-leading environmental practice group with standout experience in advising clients on regulatory matters before the Puerto Rico Energy Commission. The team boasts further skill representing clients in natural resources disputes, alleged groundwater contamination and environmental matters relating to fuel-handling facilities. The firm's clients include manufacturing, pharmaceutical and energy companies.
Strengths
"McConnell Valdés's team always has a deep, intrinsic knowledge of the Puerto Rican environmental legal and permitting matters. They have always provided us with prompt, direct and effective advice."
"McConnell Valdés is a truly amazing firm. Its lawyers are responsive and attentive and they always answer my questions. They are top-notch."
Work Highlights
McConnell Valdés's environment department advised Metropistas on the environmental due diligence, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, permitting, and land use considerations, connected to the concession won by the client for the operation and maintenance of Puerto Rico’s toll highways PR-20, PR-52, PR-53, and PR-66.
Notable Practitioners
Stellar partner Carlos Fernández-Lugo continues to elicit praise for his leading position in the Puerto Rican environment arena. He frequently assists clients from the oil and gas and energy sectors with groundwater contamination disputes, regulatory proceedings before the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau and the environmental implications of corporate transactions. "Carlos Fernández-Lugo is an outstanding lawyer. He makes me feel like I am his only client because he is always responsive. He is also very knowledgeable." "Carlos Fernández-Lugo always knows how to delegate work effectively within his team, as well as discuss information and the case with the firm."
Well-regarded partner Jorge García-Díaz garners recognition for his knowledge of the regulation of hazardous waste. He is also well placed to assist clients with permitting and natural resources disputes. "Jorge García-Díaz is a very knowledgeable, focused, kind and personable lawyer."
