Pamela K. Elkow

Pamela Elkow has 35 years of experience representing clients in a wide range of environmental matters, including remediating or redeveloping brownfields, purchasing or selling businesses or real estate with significant environmental liabilities or challenges, obtaining permits, providing environmental, health, and safety compliance counseling and responding to governmental enforcement. Her clients include portfolio companies in the business of acquiring and remediating contaminated property for investment or resale, private equity companies acquiring or disposing of portfolio companies, and municipalities engaged in redevelopment efforts.

Pam’s approach to clients and their issues is pragmatic and business-oriented. With respect to property redevelopment, she understands that every client has a different risk profile and each property has a different intended use, and any remedial strategy must fit those criteria, while being cost-effective and protective of human health and the environment. When representing the buyer or seller in a transaction, she works with the transaction team to manage due diligence and negotiate the allocation of environmental liabilities, with awareness that the role of the environmental attorney is not simply to identify the risks associated with the deal but to find a solution if one exists.