Known or unknown environmental liabilities can sideline the most well-crafted M&A deal. When distressed property is involved in a transaction, the buy-side often wants no part of the associated liability.
Environmental Liability Transfer Inc. (ELT) can remove the deal barriers between interested parties by acquiring the associated liabilities and indemnifying the property holder from future remedial obligations. Additionally, ELT can acquire underutilized or non-core assets that typically accompany legacy liabilities.
Mergers & Acquisitions and Environmental Liabilities are business elements with high levels of complexity and variability. When combining both into one transaction, a competent environmental liability transfer facilitator is critical to a successful transaction. Through a fixed-cost solution, Environmental Liability Transfer Inc. can eliminate these liabilities and remove the deal barriers.
ELT can remove environmental issues that are known, unknown, above grade, at grade, below grade and on- and off-site (originating on-site and naturally migrating off-site), whether the issues occurred or were caused to occur in the past, present or future. In addition, ELT will agree to sign applicable regulatory orders and indemnify clients from and against potential future regulatory reopeners.
Other benefits for M&A deal brokers, private equity firms, and their clients include:
Complete Indemnification
The removal of known and unknown liabilities – past, present, and future.
Financial Strength
ELT provides robust financials to facilitate transactions.
Quick Closures
ELT has a demonstrated ability to close difficult transactions quickly and efficiently.
Unlocked Capital
As capital is reallocated to core operations, corporate balance sheets become cleaner and more productive.
Guaranteed Remediation
After the transaction, ELT guarantees site remediation to regulatory standards, secured with a cash escrow/trust
Corporate Sustainability
Improvement of corporate sustainability grades and public perception through the removal of contaminated holdings.
Transaction Experience
ELT brings a track record of over $1 billion USD in assumed environmental liabilities for our clients.
Elimination of Compliance Issues
ELT assumes all regulatory compliance obligations freeing manpower and capital.
Best Economic Considerations
ELT provides its clients with the best possible economic methods to transfer environmental liability – winning approvals from the nation’s most sophisticated accounting departments and boardrooms.
ELT Whitepaper:
What Every M&A Advisor Should Know About Environmental Liabilities
By Randall Jostes, CEO of Environmental Liability Transfer, Inc.
Contact ELT
If you have an environmental liability or questions/comments in general, please reach out to ELT for a confidential discussion.