Environmental issues in business transfers

- or sale or purchase of (commercial) property

Business transfers and major property transfers often involve environmental questions.

Such transfers typically give rise to questions about the buyer’s risk of assuming known and unknown obligations in relation to the operation of the enterprise or contamination of the property.

Our expertise

We are highly experienced in assisting clients in business and property transfers for the purpose of assessing and handling actual or potential environmental risks in connection with the transaction.

We also assist in the drafting of relevant clauses in the transaction documents.