Global Private Equity Watch - Feed https://privateequity.weil.com/contributor/matthew-morton/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 Environmental Matters under the Trump Administration https://privateequity.weil.com/insights/environmental-matters-trump-administration/ Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:10:24 +0000 Matthew D. Morton Annemargaret Connolly https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2106 President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office have brought a flurry of proclamations and activity aimed at suspending or reversing the Obama administration’s policies, particularly with respect to environmental oversight and enforcement as well as regulatory actions related to climate change.  The new administration has promised to curtail regulation and seek significant staff and budget […]

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]]> Strategies to Protect Your Fund from Portfolio Company Environmental Liability https://privateequity.weil.com/features/strategies-protect-fund-portfolio-company-environmental-liability/ Mon, 28 Mar 2016 17:11:23 +0000 Matthew D. Morton https://peblog.wpengine.com/?p=1594 Private equity funds with investments in U.S. industrial or manufacturing businesses, or businesses with substantial U.S. real estate holdings, may in some cases be liable for a portfolio company’s environmental liabilities, particularly when the portfolio company is in distress and cannot fund its environmental obligations. This note summarizes the potential issue and what private equity […]

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]]> Private equity funds with investments in U.S. industrial or manufacturing businesses, or businesses with substantial U.S. real estate holdings, may in some cases be liable for a portfolio company’s environmental liabilities, particularly when the portfolio company is in distress and cannot fund its environmental obligations. This note summarizes the potential issue and what private equity […]

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