Led by San Francisco-based litigator George Gigounas and regulatory expert Gwen Keyes Fleming, based between Washington DC and Atlanta, DLA Piper LLP (US) continues to advise a range of clients in heavily regulated industries on a variety of environmental issues related to corporate, financial and real estate transactions. Jeff Salinger, based in New York, is a key contact and routinely advises on ESG issues, climate change disclosure, and brownfield redevelopment. In Washington DC, regulatory compliance expert Paul Wierenga is known for advising oil industry clients on energy and environmental issues, including those related to renewable fuels, air quality standards, US policy on oil imports and renewable fuels, and climate change legislation and regulations.
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- 'I have worked with Jeff Salinger from DLA on regulatory and environmental issues. He is the best in the business. He knows the legal aspects perfectly and has a very good business point of view.'
- 'Jeff Salinger is fast and can review documents quickly. Other lawyers are good at legal or transactional, Jeff is equally good at both.'
Key clients
- BASF Corporation
- Ecolab
- BioMed Realty
- ECMS
- AIG
- Beazley
- Green Court Capital
- Keystone Capital
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George Gigounas, Gwen Keyes Fleming, Jeff Salinger