Kerri L. Barsh

Practice Details

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• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder; Co-Chair, National Environmental Practice

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Co-counsel for Fane Lozman in U.S. Supreme Court victory in Fane Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Florida, vacating an earlier decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a case with implications for how governments must balance arrest powers with citizens' constitutional rights of free speech.
  Led the Greenberg Traurig team that represented Dutch Dockl
  s, LLC in the environmental permitting
  siting approvals for the proposed development of the Amillarah Private Isl
  s, consisting of 29 artificial residential floating isl
  s
  one amenity isl
  . The proposed isl
  s would have been the first floating residential community in the United States.
  Leader of the Greenberg Traurig Environmental team that represented MAT Concessionaire, LLC
  its sponsors, Meridiam Infrastructure Fund
  Bouygues Travaux Publics, S.A., in the Port of Miami Tunnel project, one of the first greenfield public-private partnerships in the United States.
  Represented the petitioner before the U.S. Supreme Court in a pivotal admiralty jurisdiction case, resulting in a favorable result for our client in January 2013.
  Represented several national rock mining companies in federal, state
  local wetl
  s permitting
  associated litigation over quarries in the Lake Belt region of Miami-Dade County, Florida, which included serving as industry spokesperson with the media, as well as liaison with the environmental agencies
  local government.
  Represented wind energy company in connection with environmental permitting with the federal agencies in connection with its 200 megawatt wind farm project.
  Represented commercial real estate
  railroad company Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) in its $3.5 billion merger transaction, in which FECI has been acquired by a company formed by certain private equity funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC.
  Represented Greenwich Air Services in $1.8 billion, three-party merger
  served as chief environmental counsel who drafted
  negotiated the environmental reps
  warranties
  indemnities
  oversaw environmental due diligence
  compliance activities, including supervision of five regional environmental consulting teams.
  Represented developers, builders, building owners/operators,
  lenders in connection with mold-related concerns, including preventive advice
  development of mold protocols
  drafting of mold addenda
  disclosures
  risk shifting instruments
  hiring
  supervision of mold experts
  analysis of mold-related legislation
  
  pursuit of insurance claims.
  Represented electrical generation companies in connection with due diligence, zoning approvals, environmental permitting
  related matters.
  Represented several large pension funds, REITs,
  developers in environmental
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  use due diligence efforts.
  Represented several large developers in l
  use related litigation, both judicial
  administrative, including defense of l
  use plan amendments
  developments of regional impact.
  Represented Broward County in its air permitting
  power plant site certification for the north
  south resource recovery facilities.
  Represented the City of Miami
  Hillsborough County as special counsel relative to multiparty Superfund sites.
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