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James Dolphin

James “Jim” Dolphin is a partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP working in the Environmental Transactions Practice Group. Jim manages environmental matters for private equity and industry clients involved in complex transactions concerning the acquisition and divestiture of large businesses and companies, and project development, including negotiating contractual language, counselling clients regarding regulatory compliance and exposure to environmental liabilities and advising on environmental insurance. Jim has significant experience advising clients on the environmental aspects of energy-focused transactions and projects, including energy transition projects involving carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, solar, energy storage, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency and environmental credits, attributes and offsets. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

United StatesEnvironmental Law, Environmental Transactions

About

Partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, working in the Environmental Transactions Practice Group. Manages environmental matters for private equity and industry clients in complex transactions and project development, including negotiating contractual language, counseling on regulatory compliance, and advising on environmental insurance. Also advises on energy-focused transactions and projects, including energy transition projects involving carbon capture, utilization and sequestration, solar, energy storage, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency, and environmental credits.

Practice areas

Environmental LawEnvironmental TransactionsEnergy TransitionProject DevelopmentPrivate EquityCarbon Capture, Utilization and SequestrationRenewable EnergyEnergy Efficiency

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Expertise

Negotiating contractual languageCounseling regarding regulatory compliance and environmental liabilitiesAdvising on environmental insuranceEnergy-focused transactions and projectsEnergy transition projectsCarbon capture, utilization and sequestrationSolar, energy storage, wind, geothermalEnvironmental credits, attributes and offsets