Jones Walker's attorneys have the experience to help clients effectively manage environmental risks to facilitate closing deals. We work closely with environmental consultants; engineers; lenders; and the federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and governmental bodies in addressing virtually all environmental aspects of transactions, including:

• Addressing concerns of citizens groups
• Addressing wetlands and coastal use issues
• Cleanup projects, including those involving state voluntary remediation, risk assessment programs, and reasonable steps after acquisition
• Developing Brownfields and Voluntary Cleanup Program agreements
• Environmental due diligence, including environmental assessments and updates thereof, and environmental compliance audits
• Financing documents
• Handling public meetings
• Negotiating and drafting of contracts with environmental consultants and engineers
• Negotiating and drafting of transaction documents, including letters of intent, option agreements, purchase agreements, sales, leases, servitudes/easements, and related representations and warranties and indemnity provisions
• Obtaining bona fide prospective purchaser letters, comfort letters, lien waivers, and other approvals and agreements from regulatory agencies
• Transferring environmental permits
• Using environmental insurance products
• Zoning and land use issues