Risk, Due Diligence & Liability

Geosyntec provides a full suite of environmental management services for clients in the finance, insurance, real estate, and legal sectors. Our specialists build compliance solutions, generate defensible valuations of impaired properties, distinguish between potential and actual environmental risks, and reduce energy and water-resource use.

We support lawyers as they advocate for client interests on a wide range of matters related to business transactions, environmental management, compliance and enforcement, toxic tort, and general litigation. We work comfortably with site operators and managers, while also being fluent in the language, goals, and needs of corporate executives.

Our senior practitioners quickly grasp the scope and nuances of key issues and develop sound, defensible technical insight, serving as testifying experts and are adept at following legal work-product and communication protocols. In addition, since many of our consultants have participated in research developments and pioneered technical approaches that underpin their practices or have helped develop current regulations and technical guidance, they are uniquely able to advise lawyers and clients on these matters. Because we continue to advance the state of the practice in geotechnical engineering, vapour intrusion, sustainability, innovative waste management approaches, and remediation of emerging contaminants, among other fields, we can speak with authority and clarity.

In addition, our environmental due diligence practitioners assist clients with navigating mergers, divestitures, and acquisitions activities by identifying salient environmental liabilities and assessing their impacts on financial and business risk. Our assessments inform streamlined recommendations designed to enhance, not hinder, deal flow.