Environmental Liability is one of the most significant risks faced by U.S. businesses today. Stakeholders are confronted on a daily basis with a constant rising tide of environmental compliance, regulatory and liability challenges. Whether it is air emissions, effluent waste stream management, RCRA permitting, the handling, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous substances or potentially responsible party classification, entities must stay abreast of and proactively responsive to a myriad of environmental issues. In response to this current reality, the Haake Companies' environmental liability practice assists clients in the management and mitigation of environmental risk arising from a complex and technical regulatory, statutory and common law framework.

As part of its Environmental Liability Practice, the Haake Companies develops and implements environmental collateral protection programs for commercial real estate lenders, complex environmental risk management structures for commercial real estate transactions, and consultative environmental enterprise risk management. The scope and breadth of Haake's multidisciplinary approach to environmental risk management is unparalleled, and our understanding, knowledge and expertise relative to transactional and operational environmental risk management make Haake an integral partner when confronting environmental risk management issues.