Partner
Environmental & Natural Resources
Chambers USA, 2026
Matthew has a national practice spanning every major environmental statute, and has been recognized for his experience in the areas of environmental litigation, regulation and transactional matters by the Legal 500. Matthew’s practice focuses on complex regulatory counseling, remedial issues, environmental litigation, navigating the energy transition, and environmental transactional matters. He has extensive experience advising clients engaged in low-carbon ventures, including permitting issues in connection with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects, negative emissions projects, and renewable fuels and credits (e.g., EPA RFS and California LCFS). He also counsels clients on matters related to infrastructure development, including pipeline safety regulations. He routinely counsels private equity, financial institutions, and public and private company clients on environmental liabilities across an array of industries, including all segments of the oil and gas sector, renewable power and fuels, waste recycling and disposal, and the mining, chemicals, and paper industries.
With respect to environmental litigation, Matthew both defends and pursues environmental indemnification claims on behalf of clients, and also has experience responding to industrial incidents. In addition, Matthew has extensive experience advising clients on the resolution of environmental liabilities identified in the course of transactions, having successfully negotiated the environmental terms of hundreds of transactions over the past decade. He is frequently called upon to advise private equity funds and financial institutions on environmental liability management, providing risk-counseling and developing mitigation strategies in the context of assessing investment opportunities and entering new markets. With respect to project financings, he has a demonstrated track record of helping companies successfully navigate sustainable financing requirements, such as the Equator Principles.
Matthew is Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Environmental & Natural Resources practice group.
Advised client in connection with sequestration of proprietary biomass material via injection well facilities to generate negative carbon dioxide emissions on behalf of third parties with net-zero carbon dioxide commitments
Lead permitting counsel for carbon capture sequestration project in development at Gulf Coast hydrocarbon storage facility
Advised international energy company on environmental issues related to the acquisition of a zero-emissions power generating facility
Counseling multiple midstream clients in connection with carbon capture and sequestration projects at natural gas processing facilities
Represented power generation facilities on matters related to compliance with California Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade Program requirements before the California Air Resources Board
Advised one of the largest investment banks in the world on management of environmental risks in connection with potential conversion of idled oil refinery to biodiesel production facility
Advise former paper mill operator on management of potential CERCLA and Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act liability related to third-party owned waste disposal site
Advising produced water and flowback treatment facility on compliance with requirements under the RCRA, the RCRA exemption for exploration and production wastes, and state beneficial reuse regulations in the Marcellus region
Represented a manufacturer following the release of radioactive materials at its manufacturing facility in connection with the response to the incident, including responding to regulator inquiries and obtaining approvals to resume operations following the incident, the related state government investigation and enforcement, defending the company against pending and threatened tort litigation, and assisting with the offsite investigation and remediation of third party property affected by the incident
Assisted in advising a national trade association in connection with waiver provisions under the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard
Intervened on behalf of proposed power plant project developer in Pennsylvania in consent order negotiations between state environmental agency and municipal water authority to ensure power plant’s uninterrupted access to water from the authority for use in plant operations, clearing the way for the project to obtain financing and commence construction
Represented former owner of midstream company following sale in the defense of environmental indemnification claims related to air permitting and compliance matters, state remediation standards, and Process Safety Management requirements
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Client Alerts
Colorado and Wyoming Formalize Cross-Border Carbon Storage Coordination
In May 2026, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (“WYDEQ”) and the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (“ECMC”) executed …
May 28, 2026
May 28, 2026 • 3-minute read
Client Alerts
EPA Paves the Way for Robust Renewable Fuels Production
On April 1, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized its “Set 2” rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard …
April 6, 2026
April 6, 2026 • 6-minute read
Client Alerts
EPA Poised to Grant CCS Primacy to Colorado
On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule to grant Colorado the authority to …
March 19, 2026
March 19, 2026 • 3-minute read
Client Alerts
EPA Approves Texas CCS Primacy
On November 7, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Lee Zeldin signed a final rule granting Texas primary permitting authority over Class VI Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) permits within the state.
November 13, 2025 • V&E Environmental Update
November 13, 2025 • 6-minute read
Client Alerts
IMO Postpones Adoption of Net Zero Framework
From October 14–17, 2025, the Marine Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) of the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) convened an extraordinary session in London to consider formal adoption of draft amendments to Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, including the IMO Net-Zero Framework.
October 24, 2025 • V&E Environmental Update | Published by The Global Regulatory Developments Journal, January 2026
October 24, 2025 • 5-minute read
