Daphne is both an environmental litigator and a transactional lawyer. She frequently counsels clients on the role of environmental issues and the management of associated risks in corporate, real estate and lending transactions. In this role, she has:
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Regularly served as lead environmental counsel for both purchasers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions involving facilities in a variety of industries. Recent transactions have addressed gas-fired, coal-fired and solar power facilities, building material supply and manufacturing, petroleum storage and transfer, hospitals, and sulfuric acid and other chemical manufacturing facilities.
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Negotiated environmental insurance policies to address material liabilities arising from existing and future contamination issues.
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Counseled clients in the glass manufacturing, building supply, petroleum storage, printing and bearing manufacturing industries, among others, in the satisfaction of cleanup obligations under “transaction triggered” laws, such as New Jersey’s Industrial Site Recovery Act and the Connecticut Transfer Act.
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Served as lead environmental counsel to a major petroleum company in connection with a substantial corporate reorganization, managing the effort to identify and update over 9,000 environmental permits and other governmental authorizations.
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Supervised the remediation of properties in conjunction with state regulatory authorities across the country.
