Businesses encounter environmental and natural resources issues in all forms of mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances, whether they are acquiring another company or being acquired.
Our environmental attorneys form a team to structure these alliances in a way that best suits the needs of our individual clients. Our lawyers work with environmental professionals to evaluate and assess the risks and liabilities in complex transactions, many of them involving multiple properties across several jurisdictions, in order to assist clients in handling legal issues relating to environmental assessments. Our attorneys handle environmental due diligence during corporate mergers and acquisitions, including pre-transaction reviews and assessments, and consider major federal and state actions that may affect the transaction.

Ice Miller environmental attorneys work closely with corporate, financial and private equity advisors, as well as our client's technical and environmental engineering consultants, to reach comprehensive, practical solutions to challenges involving contamination, potential contamination and permitting issues. Our team-based approach and internal resources allow us to integrate seamlessly with our clients and their consultants. We serve a broad range of businesses in highly regulated industries, including oil and gas, health care, automotive redistribution, advanced manufacturing, specialty chemicals, agriculture and alternative energy.
Our services include:
- Due diligence, pre-acquisition structuring and review
- Environmental due diligence in mergers & acquisitions
- Assessment of facility siting and permitting
- Closure assessments and implementation
- Regulatory program reviews
- Permitting assessments and completion in change of control