Schiff Hardin's Environmental Group has substantial experience in sophisticated real estate and asset acquisition, disposition and financing transactions, including:

• Efficiently and effectively performing large scale environmental due diligence for asset acquisitions throughout the country
• Defining the scope of investigations and managing the collection and analysis of reports and other documentation to identify and quantify environmental risks and liabilities
• Interpreting data to assist the client in decision-making
• Creatively structuring transactions to allocate and manage environmental risks and liabilities during acquisition and disposition of assets
• Effectively responding to and working with co-investors or lenders on environmental issues affecting the transaction
• Managing routine and emergency course-of-business environmental liabilities

Asset and Real Estate Acquisitions and Divestitures

Schiff Hardin attorneys routinely provide support to clients in a variety of industries in their acquisition and disposition of companies ranging in value from $10 million to more than $1 billion.

We have helped our clients in their acquisitions of the following types of companies:

• A demand labeling business
• A tool company
• An industry-leading commercial tank and pump rental equipment company
• One of the largest national remediation services contractors
• One of the largest residential and commercial asphalt and grading contractor and its various office, industrial and mining properties
• Two leading regional boat manufacturing companies
• A substantial food products manufacturer
• An international truck parts manufacturer

Financing Transactions

We assist in the assessment of environmental and regulatory risks affecting financing transactions. Successfully structuring senior and subordinated debt or negotiating mezzanine financing requires proper identification and quantification of the potential risks associated with environmental liabilities. We identify not only the obvious risks posed by on-site contamination, but also risks associated with regulatory changes, compliance issues and management practices.

The Environmental Group assists Schiff Hardin transactional teams in financings of various assets such as:

• Power plants
• Office buildings
• Hospitals
• Manufacturing facilities
• Food processing facilities
• Airports