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Janice M. Schneider
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Janice Schneider is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and global Vice Chair of the Environment, Land & Resources Department. She has over 30 years of experience in environmental and natural resource issues.
Prior to rejoining Latham, Ms. Schneider served as Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management for the US Department of the Interior where she oversaw four Interior Department agencies: the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, including more than 12,000 employees and a combined budget of US$1.5 billion. As Assistant Secretary, she oversaw the Department’s management and use of federal lands, and waters and mineral and non-mineral resources on about 245 million acres of federal surface lands, 700 million acres of federal mineral interests and the 1.7 billion acre Outer Continental Shelf. She was confirmed by the US Senate in May 2014.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Environment > Environment: transactional
A wide range of major financial institutions, private equity firms and large corporations routinely turn to Latham & Watkins LLP for its team’s expertise in handling the full spectrum of environmental transactions, with a particular focus on the chemical, energy, and manufacturing sectors. In addition to advising on mergers and acquisitions both domestically and globally, the team is also known for assisting several blue-chip private equity clients and financial institutions on corporate and project financing matters. Environmental and natural resource issues specialist Janice M. Schneider jointly leads the practice with Washington DC-based James Barrett, a specialist in the energy, oil, and gas sectors, where he routinely advises on acquisitions and divestments of coal, gas, hydro, wind, and solar power plants. New York-based Betty Huber heads the firm’s ESG practice, regularly assisting buyers and sellers on all environmental aspects of equity transactions, assets, mergers, spin-offs and joint ventures. The New York office also includes Jean-Philippe Brisson, noted for his focus on environmental transactions related to carbon capture and sequestration and carbon neutrality, and counsel David Langer, who brings substantial transactional and regulatory experience, particularly in the air and water management sectors. Joel Mack retired in December 2022.
United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
(Leading lawyers)Lawyer Rankings
- Environment: transactional United States > Environment
- Leading lawyers United States > Environment > Environment: regulatory
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- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
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- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
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- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
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- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Healthcare > Life sciences
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
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- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
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- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
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- Government > Government contracts
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