Drawing on in-house and technical experience, Chad architects novel solutions for mining and energy companies, helping clients transform environmental hurdles into business opportunities.
Chad excels at developing innovative approaches to seemingly intractable challenges. He guides clients through complex mine closure and cleanup projects, including Superfund and UMTRCA sites, involving multiple parties, agencies, and jurisdictions. He helps clients navigate the labyrinth of permitting, licensing, and other regulatory compliance requirements to remediate and repurpose land to develop renewable energy, data center, industrial, and other projects.
With in-house counsel experience at mining and engineering companies, Chad intimately understands the operational pressures and business imperatives his clients face. He leverages this perspective to deliver pragmatic solutions that balance regulatory compliance with risk assessment, while prioritizing commercial goals. He is adept at building consensus among stakeholders and negotiating agreements and settlements with federal and state agencies, as well as tribes.
On a range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, Chad handles environmental due diligence, identifying potential liabilities and options to mitigate risk in negotiating commercial and real estate agreements.