Halloran & Sage LLP

Halloran & Sage's attorneys help your business obtain the government licenses it needs to operate. To determine the legal requirements applicable to your business, we begin with a thorough review of your operations and objectives. If our review finds that you require licenses or permits, we will guide you through the process of compiling, completing and processing all requisite application forms. In the event your application is denied, we will bring an appeal on your behalf seeking to overturn the denial.

In addition to helping businesses become licensed, we defend them if they are accused of violating their license. We also represent businesses in licensing disputes, such as when a license is granted to a competing entity.

Our clients benefit from our many years of experience in this field. We have helped clients become licensed in virtually every regulated industry, from telecommunications to moving companies to electricity suppliers. The knowledge we have accumulated enables us to handle licensing matters efficiently and cost-effectively. Our clients further benefit from our ability to tap the expertise of lawyers within our firm's related practice areas, such as environment, construction, real estate and insurance.

Rep Matters

Counsel for Construction of a Transmission Cable

Halloran & Sage secured the permitting for the construction of a 300 MW HVDC transmission cable running under Long Island Sound from New Haven to Shoreham, New York. This project included obtaining approvals from the Connecticut Siting Council, the DEP, Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, National Marine Fisheries and negotiating settlement agreements with certain affected interests including the Soundkeeper and the Department of Agriculture. In addition, the development of this project, and its associated substation, AC interconnect and tower has involved attorneys from all areas of our Firm: energy, environmental and land use, real estate, finance, and our appellate group. Our attorneys prepared the necessary documents for acquiring the fee and easements to the real estate, securing advanced financing, and obtaining the approvals from the Department of Public Utility Control.

Halloran & Sage is fully committed to enhancing ethnic and cultural diversity within our firm. Diversity encourages enriched thinking, varied perspectives and insightful solutions, all of which are critical components in providing superior service to our clients. Through our recruitment, retention and development, our goal is to build a firm that reflects the diverse community in which we live and work.

In order to achieve meaningful and lasting progress toward this goal, we have pledged the firm's full philosophical and financial support. To carry out this pledge, we have created a senior-level Diversity Committee, which is charged with the oversight of all diversity initiatives throughout our firm. Key facets of our diversity initiatives are:

• Recruitment. We actively recruit summer associates, first-year associates and lateral attorneys from a variety of ethnic    and cultural backgrounds. We participate in several collaborative relationships and initiatives that further this goal.
• Retention. We strive to create and maintain an environment that promotes ethnic and cultural diversity over the long term.
• Development and advancement. Our attorneys are active in numerous organizations that support the professional    development and advancement of attorneys from diverse backgrounds.
• Community. As one of Connecticut's largest law firms, we are committed to making a difference in our community. We    dedicate time, talent and financial resources to a range of programs and events that foster and celebrate our community's diversity.