SPRingBoard Environmental Law Podcast Episode 9″ “Beyond the Phase One: Navigating Environmental Risk in Complex Transactions”
Environmental issues can significantly affect the timing, structure, and economics of business transactions. In the latest episode of SPRingBoard, SPR Principal Maggie Macdonald is joined by Christina Lewis of Langan and Corinne Dougherty of Marsh for a practical discussion of environmental due diligence and risk management strategies in real estate and corporate transactions.
The conversation explores how attorneys, environmental consultants, and insurance professionals work together to identify potential environmental liabilities, tailor due diligence to a transaction’s specific risks, and develop solutions that help deals move forward. The speakers discuss Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, liability protections under CERCLA, environmental insurance products, and the growing impact of PFAS on transactional due diligence. Through a series of hypothetical case studies, they illustrate how buyers, sellers, lenders, and developers can evaluate risks, allocate responsibility, and address uncertainty in increasingly complex regulatory environments.
Click HERE to listen to the full episode. The podcast is available on Spotify, iHeart, Youtube, and Amazon. Production support for this episode was provided by Charlotte Hawes, Legal Marketing Assistant at SPR.