Hunton & Williams LLP Voted Top Law Firm for U.S. Emissions Markets
Best Law Firm for U.S. emissions markets by the readers of Environmental
Finance and Carbon Finance.
“It is gratifying to be recognized at the international level by our
clients and peers as having the number one emissions trading practice in the
U.S.,” said Managing Partner Wally Martinez. “It’s our understanding of
emerging market-based regulatory mechanisms, including climate change laws,
that enables us to help our clients assess business risks and leverage
opportunities.”
Currently, the U.S. has emissions markets for pollutants such as sulphur
dioxide and nitrogen oxide, but does not yet have a regulatory framework for
carbon.
“This recognition of Hunton & Williams’ leadership position in the U.S.
emissions market is particularly significant given that any domestic carbon
regulations are very likely to include a trading program,” noted
Brownell
light of our work involving existing U.S. emissions markets, we will be
uniquely positioned should a carbon-trading scheme be established in the U.S.
These are also global issues, and we are equally active internationally,
providing our clients an additional advantage.”
Hunton & Williams’ Regulatory and Environmental Law Practice assists
clients with the development of corporate environmental policies and
strategies; emissions-reduction projects and trading; and litigation of
environmental matters in
#1 band in Chambers USA in Carbon Projects, Finance and Trading; Regulatory
Compliance; Litigation; and Policy Monitoring and Lobbying.
Environmental Finance is a global monthly magazine covering the effects of
environmental issues on the lending, insurance, investment, and trading
industries. It also publishes the monthly newsletter Carbon Finance. For
their annual ranking, Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance received 1600
votes from their combined readership, and the results 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. Founded in 1901, Hunton & Williams has grown to more than
1,000 attorneys serving clients in 100 countries from 19 offices around the
world. Our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services
and life sciences, and 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. Please visit our website at
http://www.hunton.com.
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