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Hunton & Williams LLP Again Voted Top Law Firm for US Emissions Markets

Posted on: Friday, 12 December 2008, 09:07 CST

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Hunton & Williams LLP has again been named the top law firm for the US emissions markets by Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance readers. The firm was ranked as the leading firm in the carbon, US emissions, weather risk management and renewable energy certificate markets.

"It is gratifying to be globally recognized by our clients and by our peers as having the No. 1 emissions trading practice in the USA," said Wally Martinez, managing partner at Hunton & Williams. "We place the utmost importance on understanding emerging climate change-laws and regulations to assess business risks and opportunities."

The firm's global climate change law and policy practice assists clients with carbon reduction projects and trading globally; the development of corporate institutional climate policies and strategies; and litigation of climate change-related matters in the United States and abroad.

"In the United States we are among the leading firms to advise public companies on the management of climate risks and related disclosure obligations," said Bill Brownell, head of the regulatory and environmental law practice. "These are also global issues and we are equally active internationally, providing an advantage to our clients."

Environmental Finance is a global monthly magazine covering the effects of environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment and trading industries. Carbon Finance is a monthly newsletter and e-mail update service providing in-depth coverage of the global markets in greenhouse gas emissions, by the publishers of Environmental Finance. Each of 1,600 companies surveyed had a single vote. The results will appear in the December-January editions of both publications.

About Hunton & Williams LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to more than 1,000 attorneys serving clients in 100 countries from 19 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management. For additional information visit our website at www.hunton.com.

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