We can also assist owner-developers in taking advantage of brownfields and other laws providing economic incentives for development of contaminated properties, and in obtaining permits for development in environmentally sensitive areas. Our services include:

• Counseling clients who are acquiring real property for construction on how to avoid or minimize liability under environmental laws
• Coordinating due diligence and environmental site assessments
• Developing creative ways to close transactions involving contaminated properties
• Assisting clients with purchase of environmental liability insurance
• Assisting clients with commercial, industrial and residential development of contaminated properties, taking advantage of recent brownfields laws
• Obtaining permits to develop in or near freshwater and coastal wetlands, waterfront or coastal areas, streams, flood plains, the Hackensack Meadowlands, the Pinelands and areas subject to riparian claims by the state