Scott Furman - Sive Paget Riesel

Scott Furman has a breadth of legal experience focusing on identification and implementation of solutions to complex environmental issues. Scott’s knowledge of and expertise in brownfield redevelopment programs, and similar voluntary cleanup programs, has enabled his clients to complete redevelopment and remediation projects in 15 different states. His work has brought him to nation- and world-wide matters, working on projects from New York City to Southeast Asia while representing individual clients, companies, and corporations. In addition to brownfield redevelopment work, Scott has a strong transactional practice and has guided his clients through the closing of a $12.3 billion acquisition and many transactions valued between $25 million and $750 million. With a business first focus, Scott identifies solutions to client issues that are sensitive to a client’s resources and objectives.

New York Metro Super Lawyers, Top 100 Lawyers

New York Metro Super Lawyers, Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources

New York Metro Super Lawyers, Environmental Law

Lenox Hill Hospital

Location: New York, NY

SPR is serving as environmental counsel for Northwell Health regarding the redevelopment of the Lenox Hill Hospital, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The redevelopment project will make Lenox Hill a state-of-the-art hospital featuring single-bedded patient rooms, advanced and adaptable operating rooms, an enlarged emergency department, and a relocated, improved ambulance bay. While this project began before the pandemic, Lenox Hill’s important role in responding to the COVID-19 crisis in New York City – which quickly became an epicenter for the pandemic – confirmed the need for these changes to better equip the hospital to address future public health challenges and improve the quality of patient care.

Unisys

Location: New York, NY

SPR represents Northwell Health, the largest private employer in the state of New York, with respect to a former owner’s ongoing efforts to remediate an approximately one million square foot complex owned and operated by Northwell that was historically developed as a defense industry manufacturing facility.

Manhattan Beer- Rooftop Solar

Location: Manhattan, NY

SPR represented Manhattan Beer Distributors in connection with a contract to purchase and install a 1.1 megawatt rooftop photovoltaic generation system atop the client’s Bronx warehouse. This is the largest privately-owned solar energy installation in New York City. The Firm negotiated the design/build contract, including its technical specifications, as well as operational and maintenance documents. The Firm also counseled regarding technologies appropriate for the client’s facility, and successfully negotiated system upgrades to avoid potential reliability issues. The Firm prepared the template installation contract for the client to use at its multiple other facilities, and tailored that template to account for the particular circumstances posed by each such facility.

Extra Space Storage

Location: Nationwide

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, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, and WA. SPR reviewed environmental due diligence documents including Phase I and Phase II site investigation reports, developed due diligence strategy, worked with Extra Space’s environmental consultants and local counsel to identify and manage risks across the portfolio, and supported SEC counsel with respect to environmental aspects of their 10b-5 opinion. The transaction closed on time.

“Brownfield Redevelopment,” Guest Lecturer

For: Guest Lecturer, University of Miami’s Graduate School of Architecture

January 2014

“Renewable Energy; Ethics in the Practice of Law; and Environmental Law,” Presenter

For: NYS Bar Association CLE speaker

2010-2011 | Presented by Scott Furman

“The Role of Subsidies in the Development of the Renewable Energy Industry”

September 22, 2009 | Written by Scott Furman

“Columbia University’s Ethics in Law Program,” Guest Lecturer

For: Guest Lecturer, Columbia University

January 2009

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