Offering assistance on complex mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, projects, and financings, King & Spalding‘s environmental team works with the broader practices at the firm, including project finance, power, and private equity, to broaden its transactional capabilities. Under the leadership of Ilana Saltzbart, the team has been active on emerging environmental issues, making it a good choice for businesses seeking assistance with PFAS liabilities. Cynthia Stroman is noted for her aptitude in advising on projects and transactions in the energy, renewable, and environmentally intensive industries, having recently been active on remediation, chemical regulatory compliance, and land use issues within transactions.
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Key clients
- Axium Infrastructure
- Atlas Holdings LLC
- Lotus Infrastructure Partners
- Quanta Services
- Glatfelter
- Quantum Energy Partners
- Equistar Chemicals, LP. / LyondellBasell
- Antares Capital
- Magnera Corporation (f/k/a Glatfelter Corporation) (NYSE: MAGN)
- Next Wave Energy Partners
- Trive Capital
- Nouria Energy Corporation
Work highlights
Advised Quantum Energy Partners on all environmental aspects of its acquisition ofCogentrix (including CEPM and eleven electric generation facilities), including status of compliance and permitting and legacy liabilities for decommissioning coal ash facilities.
Represented Lotus Infrastructure Partners as it entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with an affiliate of Vistra Corp.
Advised Magnera Corporation on the closing of the previously announced Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Berry Global Group, Inc.
Practice head
Ilana Saltzbart
Other key lawyers
Cynthia Stroman