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Environment: Mainly Transactional | USA

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The environment chapter features both litigation and advisory / transactional support to clients. This includes general corporate issues, (eg due diligence on mergers), the development of brownfield sites, and pollution issues.`Traditional` environment work includes regulatory compliance, litigation and enforcement actions related to air, water, wetlands, waste and endangered species.We also feature advice to corporate and financial clients on the environmental aspects of M&A, financings, securities offerings and other transactions, which involve due diligence and environmental insurance issues.

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Band 1

  1. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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    Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Kirkland & Ellis is highly regarded for its strength in advising companies and financial institutions on complex transactional matters. The firm represents clients from such sectors as automotive, chemicals, energy and pharmaceuticals. The team is experienced in advising clients on environmental due diligence pertaining to cross-border transactions and also fields expertise in litigation and enforcement matters.
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  2. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Latham & Watkins has an impressive team highlighted for its strengths in transactional support and litigation, including at appellate level. The team is additionally celebrated for know-how on air quality, contamination and regulatory matters. Latham & Watkins advises clients in a wide range of industries on diverse projects involving domestic and international sites. Clients of the firm include financial institutions, private equity firms and corporations.
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  3. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 1 | 6 Years Ranked
    Weil offers expert counsel on the full breadth of compliance and regulatory aspects of corporate transactions, financings and private equity deals. The firm also advises on environmental health and safety matters, as well as on liability management for large corporates and energy companies. Weil's attorneys are experienced in advising those in the retail, healthcare, food and engineering sectors, among others.
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Band 2

  1. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years Ranked
    Skadden is well regarded for its environmental advice in relation to various corporate transactions, including financings, M&A and joint ventures. The firm represents chemical companies, manufacturing companies and private equity firms, among other clients. The team is additionally experienced in acting for clients on transactions pertaining to renewable energy projects. Skadden is noted for its national and cross-border capability.
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Band 3

  1. Akin
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    Akin
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Akin has a skilled team of experts with experience handling a wide range of environmental transactions. The firm is particularly accomplished in representing lenders and investors from the financial services and commercial real estate sectors. The team offers counsel on the liability restructuring and the foreclosure of environmentally impacted assets. Akin provides environmental due diligence counsel that is complemented by in-depth regulatory expertise.
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  2. King & Spalding LLP
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    King & Spalding LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked
    King & Spalding provides counsel on a range of environmental proceedings and is particularly strong in mobile source-related matters. The firm is experienced in handling regulatory enforcement defense work and also advises on legislative developments in the field. King & Spalding regularly represents major clients from the energy and oil and gas sectors, offering environmental counseling on high-value transactions.
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  3. Paul Hastings LLP
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    Paul Hastings LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 6 Years Ranked
    Paul Hastings has a team of transactional specialists with notable experience supporting clients on sophisticated cross-border transactions. The firm is particularly experienced in working with buyers from Asia. It offers advice on the environmental aspects of transactions in projects such as contaminated properties or brownfield redevelopment. Paul Hastings has a strong client base in the energy, real estate and private equity sectors.
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  4. Vinson & Elkins LLP
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    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 1 Years Ranked
    Vinson & Elkins provides expert counsel for clients such as manufacturers, trade associations and energy companies on environmental disputes, including toxic torts and contamination matters. The firm is known for overseeing permitting and the full suite of compliance matters for large-scale infrastructure projects, such as pipeline and power transmission projects. The team also advises on climate change regulations and risk management.
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  5. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    Environment: Mainly Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher deftly handles the environmental aspects of transactions for clients, including financial services and private equity clients. The team is skilled in environmental health and safety analysis and strategic planning. The firm offers expertise in climate change, sustainability and ESG matters.
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