Kaplan Kirsch helps a diverse range of clients navigate the legal, regulatory, and financial complexities of a rapidly decarbonizing economy. We counsel project developers, tribal nations, and investors on carbon offset projects, emissions trading compliance, and emerging carbon removal technologies. Our strategies aim to maximize public funding, financial returns, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.
Our carbon markets attorneys operate at the frontier of climate law, politics, and technology. That means we do more than advise on compliance: we help clients shape the regulations that govern their industries, structure the deals that bring projects to market, and resolve the uncertainties that arise when novel technologies meet evolving legal frameworks.
Carbon Offsets and Emissions Trading
Our attorneys work at the frontier of climate law, politics, and technology. We do more than advise on compliance. Kaplan Kirsch helps clients shape the regulations that govern their industries. We structure the deals that bring projects to market. Our lawyers also resolve the uncertainties that arise when novel technologies meet evolving legal frameworks.
We advise on offset program design and project development under cap-and-trade programs across the United States. Our counsel covers state legislative frameworks, offset program evaluation, and carbon credit claims. When program rules lead to disputes, our climate policy litigation team steps in.
Emissions Compliance and Carbon Credit Verification
Carbon credits hold value only when they withstand scrutiny. We guide clients through GHG inventory regulations, reporting obligations, and verification standards. We also build compliance strategies for regulatory inquiries and offset reversals.
Carbon Capture, Removal, and Utilization
Carbon removal projects often lack settled legal precedent. We advise clients developing first-of-their-kind removal, capture, and conversion projects. Our work spans verification standards, environmental compliance, and corporate structures that maximize carbon credit claims. We also help clients secure Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credit eligibility for clean hydrogen and carbon removal projects.
Why Clients Choose Kaplan Kirsch for Climate Deals
Kaplan Kirsch brings decades of experience in energy law, environmental permitting, project finance, and regulatory advocacy. Our attorneys have advised on landmark carbon market transactions and first-of-a-kind clean energy structures. We have also worked on nationally significant forestry offset projects. We are not generalists who added climate to our portfolio. Climate mitigation law is core to who we are.