Matthew J Brennan

Practice Areas

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG); Capital Markets; Commercial Real Estate; Credit & Leveraged Finance; Environmental Transactions; and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Career

Special Counsel since 1998. Provides environmental advice on a broad range of commercial transactions. Supports the Firm’s M&A, Project Finance, Real Estate, Securities and Finance Groups in evaluating environmental liabilities and risks, in structuring transactions to minimize risk and in negotiating the allocation of environmental responsibilities between parties in transactions. Over the last three decades, has provided environmental advice to a great number of lenders, corporations and governments in a variety of commercial matters.

Clients include Abiomed, American Equity Investment Life, Amgen, Anheuser-Busch InBev, AT&T, Baxter International, BNY Mellon, Bayer, Biohaven, BP, C&S Wholesale Grocers, California Resources, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Castor Marine, Cementos Argos, Cheniere Energy, Chevron, Chubb, CNH Industrial, CPPIB, Enbridge, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Goldman Sachs, Greenbelt Conservancy, HomeStreet, JP Morgan, Kering Beauté, Kidde-Fenwal, Kinross Gold, Kraft, L3Harris, M&T Bank, Mitsui, Philips, Rhône Capital, Rio Tinto, Royal Bank of Canada, Seagen, Standard Industries, Subway, UBS, UnitedHealth Group, United Rentals, Volkswagen and Wells Fargo.

Professional Memberships

Member of the New York City Bar Association; Member of the American Bar Association; Member of the New Jersey Bar Association; President, Board of Directors of The Opportunity Center.

Personal

University of Pennsylvania Law (JD, 1986); SUNY at New Paltz (BA, 1979).