Representative Matters
- Advised on permitting and installation of food waste recycling technology at sites in New Jersey, New York, and beyond, which entailed the following areas of law: waste management and recycling, air and water pollution, renewable energy and utilities, and zoning and land use
- Assisted with permitting and development of various waste and recycling facilities and renewable energy facilities, including a $30 million mid-size on-farm anaerobic digestion/RNG facility and New Jersey’s longest-operating food waste composting facility
- Petitioned the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities successfully for a precedential extension of the completion deadline for a net-metered solar project under the Transition Incentive Program
- Managed a $40 million remediation project that entailed working with various government entities, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as a result of traditional hazardous substances, radiological materials, and emerging contaminants, and development of a solar facility on the completed remediation
- Oversaw the remediation of a contaminated, 100-acre property previously owned by a large energy company, negotiated the sale of portions of the property to third parties per agreements that allocated environmental risk and responsibilities, and obtained insurance proceeds to pay for aspects of the remediation
- Defended a regional manufacturing business against claims that the company was responsible for widespread contamination and secured a complete dismissal of the claims early in the litigation
- Reviewed environmental due diligence and identified “red flags” for numerous M&A transactions, including in connection with the purchase of one of the largest real estate portfolios in the history of the United States and the transfer of a large electric power plant
