ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY

Significant changes in the communications and energy industries, as well as in legislation and regulation, posses diverse challenges to businesses and numerous types of entities of all sizes, ultimately having a residual effect on the marketplace. As part of our proactive and strategic legal tactics aimed to avoid claims and litigation, we offer comprehensive environmental legal counsel and advise our clients not only to understand the impacts of changes in legislation but to capitalize on these developments in planning corporate action plans. Particularly, we counsel firm clients in addressing the business, regulatory, and legal needs on corporate and real estate transactions, including due diligence, compliance, audits, civil and criminal liabilities under Puerto Rico and federal laws and regulations to achieve the best outcome for their businesses. 

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M&A attorneys appear before all Puerto Rico regulatory agencies, public corporations, municipal governments where environmental issues might arise, such as the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, the Planning Board, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, and the Environmental Quality Board, among others. At the federal level, we deal and appear on behalf of our clients before, but not limited to, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection Agency. Our attorneys have counseled renewable energy, oil and petroleum companies ensuring environmental regulatory compliance. When preventive measures are not enough, our attorneys vigorously litigate and participate in numerous administrative and judicial enforcement proceedings.

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Our Environmental and Energy attorneys provide top-quality advise and representation on:

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• Land Use Regulation

• Environmental Regulatory Compliance, Enforcement, and Permitting

• Energy Law

• Toxic Torts 

• Asbestos Litigation

• Project Contracting

• Environmental Counseling on Transactions and Risk Management

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