
Joshua D. Brown
Associate
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Josh focuses his practice on environmental matters in a variety of contexts including corporate transactions, regulatory compliance counseling, and guiding clients in litigation.
Key Matters
Transactional Diligence:
- Provide environmental diligence to support a gas and liquid molecule manufacturer in a merger-of-equals transaction for a consideration of $15B+.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the sale of a crematorium, cemetery, and associated infrastructure.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the acquisition of international manufacturers of in vitro fertilization (IVF) medical instruments for a consideration of $100M.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the acquisition of a national design and manufacturing company of exterior & interior signage for $40M.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the sale of a national soccer equipment and apparel retailer for a consideration of $230M.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the sales and acquisitions of numerous food manufacturing companies with products ranging from baked goods to bottled water.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the acquisitions of waste management and treatment companies with associated landfills.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the acquisition of fixed-base operators (FBO) located at airports across the United States.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the purchase of a NASCAR charter and associated assets.
- Provide environmental diligence to support numerous acquisitions of medical spas.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the acquisition of an above-ground storage tank (AST) fabrication and repair company for $20M.
- Provide environmental diligence to support the acquisitions of multiple providers of custom glass for commercial/residential projects and specialty coatings for commercial/industrial equipment.
Regulatory Compliance:
- Counsel a private entity regarding relocation of fill material associated with construction of a surf park development in the United States.
- Provide regulatory guidance for a public utility provider in connection with a notice of violation under state wetlands statutes.
- Provide environmental contractual guidance for a private entity engaged by a government entity to investigate circumstances surrounding certain wildfires in the United States.
- Provide state and local regulatory guidance for a private country club in connection with historic septic tanks and associated leach fields.
- Counsel private entities on manufacturing facility decommissioning processes and associated relocations.
Renewable Energy Project Finance:
- Representation of a lender in connection with the financing and development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) array in California on 3,000-acres of public and private lands, which included state and federal permitting review.
- Representation of a lender in connection with the financing and development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) array project portfolio encompassing golf courses, landfills, carports, and rural land, which included federal permitting review.
- Representation of a lender in connection with the financing and development of an energy storage facility situated adjacent to cranberry bogs, which included federal permitting review.
- Representation of a lender in connection with the financing and development of a wind energy project encompassing over 10,000 acres of public and private land in Texas, which included federal permitting review.
- Representation of a lender in connection with the financing and development of a battery storage project portfolio in Utah, which included federal permitting review.