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Provided by Stefanie I. Gitler
Stefanie Gitler is a partner in Kirkland’s Global Environmental Practice Group, based in the Washington D.C. and Houston offices. Stefanie has led and negotiated environmental aspects of hundreds of transactions of all sizes and in all industries, including traditional manufacturing and energy and infrastructure matters. She conducts environmental due diligence for private equity funds, public companies, and industry clients involved in complex transactions concerning the acquisition and divestiture of large businesses, companies and real estate. She negotiates contractual language in agreements to mitigate risk, including those utilized in purchases and sales, credit transactions for obtaining loans from financing institutions, and leases for occupying real property. Stefanie counsels clients regarding regulatory compliance and trends, and exposure to environmental liabilities, including the process of obtaining environmental insurance. She assists in the retention and oversight of environmental consultants and other technical experts. She also plays a key role in the handling of environmental liabilities in bankruptcy matters. Stefanie also is the lead of the Environmental Group’s Knowledge Management, with responsibility for internal know-how and maintaining networks of consultants and subject matter experts.
Admitted to District of Columbia, California and Texas Bar
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2009; University of Virginia, B.A., Economics & Environmental Science, Math Minor, with Distinction, 2004. Stefanie was an adjunct professor at University of California, Berkeley School of Law, teaching Environmental Transactional Law prior to relocating to the East Coast.
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