Environmental Issues in Real Estate Deals

Partner Jennifer Hernandez – co-chair of the firm's National Environmental Team and leader of the West Coast Land Use and Environment Practice Group – will speak at PLI's 16th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute 2014 two day session in San Francisco. The program will feature presentations designed to help attorneys maintain a viable real estate practice in a recovering economy. Ms. Hernandez will speak in a session titled, "Environmental Issues in Real Estate Deals."

Session Topics

• Environmental due diligence and disclosure
• Urban environmental issues (vapor intrusion, demolition, ambient hazards)
• Key liability issues under federal and state law
• Other environmental issues (wetlands, stormwater, species, climate change)
• Opportunities, pitfalls and strategies for brownfields
• Baby National Environmental Policy Act (NEPAs) and land use/environmental nexus
• Environmental covenants, representations, warranties and indemnities
• Environmental insurance