California's Landmark Climate Disclosure Laws: Preparing Now for Far-Reaching Impact on Public and Private Companies

Mr. Rousakis helps his clients to evaluate and manage environmental risks and spot opportunities in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. He represents clients on acquisitions and divestitures of industrial, energy, transportation, telecom and other businesses, on infrastructure development and real estate projects, and in federal and state Superfund matters. Mr. Rousakis also provides strategic and regulatory counseling on a range of environmental, health and safety and ESG matters, including development of ESG programs and policies. His work is informed by his experience in state and local government, including his position as the General Counsel at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the agency responsible for supplying New York City’s drinking water, treating wastewater at 14 major facilities, regulating air quality, noise, and hazardous substances, and advancing key sustainability initiatives.

Ms. Mulry focuses on environmental and sustainability matters. She advises a broad range of domestic and international clients, including public and private companies, developers, private equity firms, global organizations, and governments, on environmental matters in complex corporate transactions, environmental regulatory compliance, and climate change issues. Ms. Mulry’s practice involves advising companies on sustainability risks and opportunities, including with regard to board oversight, internal management policies, and external reporting. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced environmental transactional law at another major U.S. law firm in New York and served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School.

Ms. Otum focuses her practice on complex environmental litigation and regulatory compliance counseling. During her more than 16 years of experience representing corporate clients in a variety of environmental regulatory compliance, litigation and transactional matters spanning multiple jurisdictions, Ms. Otum has counseled clients in high-stakes matters, compliance and enforcement actions, contaminated site cleanups, superfund cost recovery actions, industrial site remediation, toxic tort litigation, land purchase and divestitures, worker safety issues, and corporate successor liability issues. She has worked directly with officials from multiple state and federal agencies to resolve enforcement and compliance matters, primarily under the RCRA, the CAA, and CERCLA. Ms. Otum’s experience also encompasses regularly advising clients on environmental aspects of corporate transactions, including identifying and evaluating environmental liabilities associated with manufacturing facilities, negotiating and drafting environmental provisions in corporate agreements, and advising clients on environmental insurance, public relations and development activities.