Climate Change

Questions about climate change issues?
Contact Pat Finn Braddock and Eddie Lewis.
Questions about California climate change
issues, contact Jeff Margulies.

Lawyers in Fulbright & Jaworski’s Climate Change Practice advise clients about trends and developments in climate change initiatives impacting operations around the world.

Fulbright's Climate Change lawyers help clients navigate the myriad issues that arise from the regulation and reduction of green house gas emissions, including compliance with emerging environmental laws and regulations, litigation, developing carbon emissions and trading projects, protecting the intellectual property of developing technologies, developing corporate climate change policies, and addressing SEC disclosure requirements.

Fulbright's Climate Change lawyers provide strategic advice to clients implementing key climate change programs and practices in the United States, particularly in California, the Rocky Mountain West, the Texas and Gulf Coast region and Minnesota, as well as in the European Union, China and the Middle East.  

With 16 locations around the world, including the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Fulbright is well-positioned to meet the needs of our clients anywhere in the world.

Fulbright's Climate Change Practice is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of lawyers across a broad range of established firm practice areas, including:

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Fulbright Climate Change lawyers work closely with lawyers in other practice groups, including the Western Lands and Energy Practice and the Alternative Energy Practice, which assists clients with solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, biofuels and biomass and wind projects. 

Our seasoned lawyers understand the business and regulatory structures in which our clients operate, and the types of industries that are targeted for climate change initiatives or otherwise impacted by emerging climate change regulation and litigation. We provide counsel on climate change-related issues to a variety of clients, including public entities, not-for-profit institutions, lenders, developers, investors, landowners and inventors, and a broad range of industries and sectors, including:

Drawing on the depth and breadth of experience of existing firm practice areas, lawyers in our Climate Change Practice advise clients on:

Fulbright provides an integrated practice area approach to forming an effective client team for climate change matters, has a long history of experience in the industries most affected by climate change issues, experience with regulatory agencies and the specific issues associated with climate change, and strategic locations around the world. 

For a global solution to your needs in the increasingly critical area of legal matters related to climate change, think Fulbright.

For further information or questions about Fulbright's climate change practice, please contact Pat Finn Braddock or Eddie Lewis.

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