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Mr. Jacobs' practice focuses primarily on environmental permitting, compliance and regulation, administrative law and regulation, environmental aspects of business transactions, and environmental litigation.
Prior to joining Dykema, Mr. Jacobs had many years of technical experience, working for an environmental consulting firm and a hazardous waste disposal and recycling company.
Experience
Mark Jacobs has a broad and diverse environmental practice consistent with the wide range of environmental needs presented by Dykema's expansive client base. He has significant experience in the following areas:
Negotiating, allocating and resolving environmental risk in commercial and real estate transactions. Mr. Jacobs has been highly effective in advising a diverse base of clients on managing environmental risks in a wide range of transactional matters, from due diligence through closing, including large real estate transactions, financing and securities transactions (representing both lenders and borrowers), and asset, stock and merger transactions.
Environmental permitting, compliance and enforcement. Consulting with both public and private sector clients on negotiating and obtaining permits under clean air, clean water (including wetlands), and solid and hazardous waste laws. Negotiating and resolving enforcement actions under most state and federal environmental laws, including landfill closures, clean air, clean water and hazardous waste law violations. He has established an excellent reputation and effective working relationship with environmental regulatory authorities, particularly in the State of Michigan.
Contaminated property cleanup, reuse and redevelopment. Representation has included assisting clients in achieving cost-effective risk based cleanups of environmentally impaired properties, developing property reuse strategies, and assisting clients in obtaining millions of dollars in state and local funding for brownfield redevelopment projects.
Seminars and Speeches
Surviving a Regulatory Inspection, Engineering Society of Detroit
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative, Institute of Business Law
RCRA Corrective Action Program, Institute of Business Law
Impact of the June 5, 1995 Amendments to Part 201 of NREPA on Negotiating the Purchase and Sale of Contaminated Properties, Annual Meeting of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan
Asbestos Liability and Regulation for Building Owners and Contractors, Dykema Gossett
Environmental Issues Impacting Real Estate Transactions and Successful Negotiating Strategies, NSI Consulting and Development
Environmental Issues for Business Lawyers, Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Professional Associations
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
American Bar Association (Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law and Administrative Law Sections)
Michigan State Bar Association (Environmental Law and Administrative Law Sections)
Michigan Water Environment Association
Awards
Named 2006 Michigan Super Lawyer by Law & Politics.
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