Representative Matters

For over sixty years, Sive, Paget & Riesel has been a recognized leader in environmental, land use, and municipal law and litigation. The firm has unparalleled experience assisting clients with environmental reviews, brownfield cleanups and redevelopment, environmental permitting, environmental aspects of real estate management, and due diligence reviews and risk assessments for corporate and real estate transactions. In recent years, the firm has built new practices in project finance, offshore wind and other renewables, climate change, and resiliency that draw on the firm’s historical strengths and experiences.

Extra Space Storage
Extra Space Storage
SPR managed the environmental due diligence for a $12 Billion merger involving 1,300 facilities across the USA.  Facilities were located in at least 37 jurisdictions, including: AL, AR, AZ, CO, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA,  MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, MO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK,  OR, P...
GSI – NY Green Bank
GSI – NY Green Bank
SPR represents a lender in connection with $10,000,000 revolving credit facility for GSI to finance interconnection deposits for distributed solar generation or battery energy storage projects.
Redevelopment of Former Domino Sugar Factory
Redevelopment of Former Domino Sugar Factory
The firm represents The Refinery, LLC, the developer of the former Domino Sugar facility on the East River in Brooklyn, with regard to waterfront permitting. The proposed development involves construction of new buildings that will include up to 120,000 gross square feet (gsf) of retail/commercia...
Long Island Power Authority – Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center
Long Island Power Authority – Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center
SPR successfully defended the construction of the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center in litigation challenging the environmental review and permitting of the project under SEQRA, NEPA, the federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Act and other state and federal laws, and alleging violation ...
Equinor Wind – Empire Wind Offshore Wind Projects
Equinor Wind – Empire Wind Offshore Wind Projects
SPR represents Equinor Wind US in the local and state permitting and development, and aspects of federal permitting, for the Empire Wind 1 and the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind projects that will supply New York State with over 2 gigawatts of renewable energy, power 1 million homes, and provide bil...