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Climate Change & Sustainable Development

The climate change and sustainable development practice at Allen Matkins addresses all issues related to climate change and green and sustainable construction and development.

We take a multi-disciplinary approach to this new and ever-expanding area of law, and we help clients navigate the fast-moving legal, political, and regulatory environment in the areas of:

  • Smart growth
  • Global warming
  • Climate change
  • Sustainable development
  • Green building standards

We provide clients with comprehensive insight and solutions to challenges in this complex area by leveraging the firm’s extensive experience in the areas of energy, environmental, natural resources, land use, litigation, real estate, construction, finance and intellectual property.

We take a multi-disciplinary approach to this new and ever-expanding area of law, and we help clients navigate the fast-moving legal, political, and regulatory environment in the areas of:

  • Smart growth
  • Global warming
  • Climate change
  • Sustainable development
  • Green building standards

We provide clients with comprehensive insight and solutions to challenges in this complex area by leveraging the firm’s extensive experience in the areas of energy, environmental, natural resources, land use, litigation, real estate, construction, finance and intellectual property.

"They really understand the California regulatory environment - they are as god as it gets."

- Principal, Residential Developer

EXPERIENCE

  • Developer. Assisted client with obtaining entitlements and climate change counseling for numerous projects throughout the Inland Empire.
  • Industrial Real Estate Owner. Assisted client with entitlements due diligence and processing, environmental permitting ,and green building regulations for client's extensive holdings in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles County.
  • Biomass Project Developer. Represented the developer of a large biomass project in connection with purchase agreements, negotiations with utilities, environmental review, air quality issues, and local entitlements and approvals.
  • Developer. Represented client in connection with due diligence analysis and review of wind power and solar power development potential on thousands of acres in Kern County.
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