Environment
USA Guide 2024 : Arizona
Band 1
About
Provided by Perkins Coie LLP
With more than 100 environment and natural resources attorneys in offices across the United States, our attorneys provide comprehensive counsel to clients navigating the complex statutory and regulatory framework of environmental and natural resource law. We advise, we litigate, and we help shape environmental policy at the federal, state, and local levels. Our team has the experience, depth and breadth to address any environmental or natural resource issue confronting our clients, serving a wide range of industries.
Clients seek us out to secure their most challenging permits, to defend their highest-stakes environmental litigation, and to prevent such litigation from ever being filed.
Perkins Coie has significant experience throughout the country handling environmental considerations in acquisitions, sales and refinancing, including managing complex diligence reviews, assessing and allocating risk, negotiating transactional documentation and handling post-closing compliance and site remediation issues.
Chambers Review
Perkins Coie LLP is a deeply respected national firm with increasing market activity involving groundwater contamination, water quality litigation and permitting. Mining and natural resources are further areas of expertise. The firm also has in-depth experience acting for clients in personal hazardous substance litigation.
Work Highlights
- Perkins Coie represented Resolution Copper in three NEPA cases in federal court and one case in the Arizona Supreme Court.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm is terrific. The team are accessible and organized, and their work product is good."
"The Perkins team have an excellent work ethic and preparation and are critical thinkers."
"The firm is terrific. The team are accessible and organized, and their work product is good."
"The Perkins team have an excellent work ethic and preparation and are critical thinkers."
Notable Practitioners
Christopher Thomas enjoys an excellent reputation in the field. He continues to be active on hazardous substance and contamination litigation and offers further experience in permitting matters.
"Chris has superb knowledge of the law and identifies creative and practical solutions."
Shane Swindle has experience in hazardous substance and contamination litigation, as well as radioactive site cleanup.
"Shane is an excellent negotiator and strategist."