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Granta Nakayama

Position
A partner in the Environmental practice with a focus on energy, Granta represents companies in a range of regulatory and enforcement matters.
With training as a nuclear engineer and more than a decade of experience as a practicing engineer and technical manager, Granta represents clients with products or services regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), along with state government agencies such as the California Air Resources Board. He defends companies in enforcement actions and litigation involving regulations and rate proceedings, and represents their interests in agency rulemakings and Congressional matters.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
(Hall of Fame)In addition to King & Spalding LLP‘s regulatory, enforcement and policy expertise, its automotive and transportation practice houses specialists in complex litigation and government investigations. In recent years, the group has been highly involved in the headline diesel-related issues surrounding the automotive industry. In Washington DC environmental law expert Granta Nakayama co-leads the team and is regularly sought out by automakers facing high-profile diesel-related issues and litigation. Co-head John Hooper in New York is a complex litigation specialist; Chicago-based Livia Kiser is a vehicle component expert; and Susan Vargas in Los Angeles litigates high-exposure cases. Atlanta’s Susan Clare predominantly represents automotive manufacturers and transportation companies. In 2021, Jackie Glassman left the firm, while former counsel Christie Iannetta also departed.
United States > Industry focus > Environment: litigation
(Hall of Fame)United States > Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
(Hall of Fame)Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame - United States > Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Hall of Fame - United States > Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Hall of Fame - United States > Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
- Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation - United States > Industry focus
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > International trade
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government relations
- Industry focus > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Industry focus > Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Real estate > Real estate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance