Practice Areas & Industries: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

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Bracewell & Giuliani's Climate Change practice was recently ranked nationally for its excellence by Chambers and Partners, one of the most highly regarded industry research publications in the world. (2007)

As the climate change discussion has moved from international agreements and overseas regulation to increasingly serious work on significant federal, state and local regulation, the issue has left the research lab and entered the corporate boardroom. Legislators, investors and the public have turned an intense spotlight on the carbon dimension of corporate development plans and corporate readiness, prompting leading companies in energy, waste management, chemicals and manufacturing to view climate change as a core issue in corporate strategy.

No firm has better integrated the skill and experience necessary to advise senior corporate leadership on the implications and opportunities of climate change than Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. Our bench is deep and highly regarded. It includes the most sought-after media commentators on climate change, the leading regulatory strategists and compliance professionals with substantial government experience, seasoned white-collar defense specialists, and a noteworthy team of corporate advisors on board-level environmental issues.

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Bracewell works with key opinion leaders and policymakers to help shape the agenda on climate change — in Congress, in the Executive Branch, in the media, in the courtroom and in the boardroom. We provide senior corporate leadership with a unique array of integrated services that includes policy development, advocacy before federal departments and agencies, congressional relations, media outreach, regulatory counseling, corporate governance and litigation.

Our attorneys enable clients to recognize, understand and deal with climate change challenges and opportunities that result from both day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives. Inside the boardroom, we help directors understand the effects of climate change and related legislation on the company's operations, cost structures and growth plans.  We assist senior management in developing appropriate strategies for risk mitigation and the pursuit of new opportunities, and we help execute those strategies externally through strategic communications with the government and the public.  In the commercial arena, our team of professionals advises on the climate change aspects of major transactions, financings and project development.