Brian A. Remler

Brian’s practice includes assessing potential environmental liabilities involved in corporate and real estate transactions and allocating associated risks. In the real estate context, Brian assists clients in analyzing the costs and benefits of leveraging state Brownfield or Voluntary Cleanup Programs to address environmental impacts, navigating the completion of those programs, and, when available, recouping eligible costs through tax credits or other financial incentives.

• Represented Georgia landowner in responding to call-in letter and investigation requests from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division under the Hazardous Site Response Act (HSRA) and successfully obtaining determination that property did not warrant listing on the state’s Hazardous Site Inventory.
• Conducted environmental due diligence for multiple nationwide, publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) in connection with mergers and portfolio acquisitions.
• Represented a nationwide retailer in responding to information requests issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and negotiating associated settlement.
• Represented an institutional investor in responding to information request issued by EPA under the federal Superfund law (CERCLA) relating to divested property.