Winston & Strawn’s environmental practice brings decades of experience to client engagements and cases. Chaired by practitioners with government experience at EPA and DOJ, Winston provides comprehensive environmental services to clients around the globe.

Backed by our firm’s highly recognized litigation practice, we provide clients with the complete environmental litigation package. Led by the former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division, our seasoned attorneys handle criminal and civil enforcement proceedings, government-led Superfund actions, private cost-recovery actions, citizen suits, toxic tort claims, and environmental claims arising in general commercial litigation. Hiring Winston means having real trial experience, as well as excellence in appellate and administrative litigation, on your side. In addition, our attorneys are experienced in litigating legal and technical issues relating to climate change.

In the counseling area, our environmental lawyers assist clients in strategically evaluating and overcoming environmental regulatory compliance challenges. We assist clients with meeting their business goals, from permitting facility expansions, to completing complex environmental cleanups, to developing compliance strategies for evolving regulatory requirements. Our environmental attorneys are adept at responding to information requests from regulators, participating in notice-and-comment rulemaking, and assisting our clients with environmental, health, and safety compliance inspections and audits. In addition, through our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Advisory Team, we provide strategic counseling and advice to help clients create, implement, and maximize sustainability initiatives and opportunities while managing reputational legal risks related to such efforts.

As part of Winston’s transactional practice, we advise buyers, sellers, developers, underwriters, and lending institutions on the environmental aspects of all types of corporate transactions.  Our experience includes managing the environmental due diligence process, identifying environmental risks and issues, developing action plans for resolution of environmental issues, and drafting appropriate contractual terms.