- Advising an international medical waste management company on daily regulatory, legislative and compliance issues, often reporting directly to the general counsel.
- Completed secondment with an international medical waste management company as interim regulatory counsel, reporting directly to general counsel.
- Advising a national restaurant chain on environmental compliance programs for new supply warehouses and distribution centers, including Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act requirements, management and handling of hazardous materials and waste, and state and local permitting and compliance requirements.
- Updating a national fleet owner and operator on state zero-emission vehicle regulations, including on the adoption of California Air Resources Board regulations, such as Advanced Clean Trucks and Advanced Clean Fleets.
- Advising an international transportation and logistics company on environmental matters arising throughout the country, including compliance and enforcement matters.
- Advised a manufacturing company on issues surrounding the closure of a wastewater treatment plant, including on National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit modification and termination requirements, and provided strategic advice related to state regulatory action and potential third-party challenges.
- Advising on state and federal financial responsibility requirements for underground and aboveground petroleum storage tanks.
- Advised on regulatory compliance, permitting, disclosures, and strategy for proposed sale of $200 million business division with locations in Ohio and New York.
- Conducted buyer-side environmental due diligence for Veritas, a leader in secure multi-cloud data management, in the sale of its data protection business to Cohesity, a leader in AI-powered data security and management. The transaction values the combined company at approximately $7 billion.
- Environmental counsel for Hobbs & Associates, a provider of HVAC products and services for commercial and industrial buildings, and investment partner Madison Dearborn Partners, in the acquisition of several HVAC companies.
- Environmental counsel for US Foods, a leading national foodservice distributor, in its acquisition of Saladino’s Foodservice, an independently owned broadline distributor based in central California.
- Represented a national coalition of banks in filing applications seeking over $11 billion in grants from the U.S. EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
- Provided overview and analyses of the $7 billion Solar for All program and the $6 billion Clean Communities Investment Accelerator program to a national consortium of banks and other green finance providers from across the United States.
Samantha Van Winter
Senior Associate,
- Phone: +1 704 444 1131
- Email: samantha.vanwinter@alston.com
Sam advises clients on matters involving U.S. EPA and state regulatory compliance and enforcement, including on matters involving statutes such as RCRA, CERCLA, the Clean Water Act, and their state counterparts. Sam also routinely advises clients on environmental issues involving complex asset and stock transactions, mergers, and acquisitions for a range of businesses and manufacturing facilities.