Presentation at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education seminar, “Environmental Law Basics”
Relevant To A Broad Array of Transactions
- Purchase/sale of real estate
- Purchase/sale of ongoing business with real estate assets and/or environmentally sensitive operations
- Merger/stock acquisition
Environmental Due Dilligence is a Subset of Overall Due Dilligence
- Purpose: help client value assets and quantify risk as to individual matters and in the aggregate
- Sometimes handled exclusively by environmental lawyers from outset of transaction
- Sometimes the business lawyer kicks it off and then involves the environmental lawyer
- Given the plethora of laws (federal, state, and local) and the potentially high financial stakes, it's advisable to involve an environmental lawyer early on