NCBA CLE: Nassau County Development Issues – Facilitating Contaminated Property Transactions

October 25, 2007

Domus at the Nassau County Bar Association
15th & West Street
Mineola, NY 11501

Intended Audience: Public

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Pricing Note: Member $100; Non-member $135

Contact Info:
Nancy Fennell
Phone: 516-747-4070
Email: nfennell@nassaubar.org

This program will provide an overview of real estate development issues in Nassau County, how they fiscally affect the County and how to use environmental insurance as a financial tool to achieve redevelopment of Brownfield (contaminated) properties. Keynote speakers will talk about Nassau County Development Initiatives and New Trends in Environmental Insurance for Municipal Redevelopment. Thereafter, a panel of industry and legal experts will provide a practical analysis of coverage and underwriting considerations and will negotiate an environmental insurance policy for a hypothetical municipal Brownfield transaction.

Agenda:
5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Introduction and Overview presented by Suzanne M. Avena, Linda K. Mejias and Joyce W. Behr

6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Keynote Addresses
Howard S. Weitzman, Development Issues and the Fiscal Impact on Nassau County
Joseph L. Boren, New Trends in Environmental Insurance for Municipal Redevelopment

6:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Brownfield Transaction Interactive Hypothetical: Introduction of Deal Points & Risks
The concerns of the buyer’s attorney, the attorney for the municipality as the seller and its outside environmental counsel in structuring the deal from the perspective of allocating environmental risks and cost.
Moderator: Suzanne M. Avena, Esq.
Buyer’s attorney: Charlotte A. Biblow, Esq.
Municipality attorney: Jane Houdek, Esq.
Seller’s outside environmental counsel: Kenneth L. Robinson, Esq.

7:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Break

7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Brownfield Transaction Interactive Hypothetical: Making the Deal – Negotiating the Insurance
A broker and underwriter present a solution utilizing environmental insurance. The client and the attorneys for the parties analyze the proposal and raise questions with the broker and underwriter.
Moderator: Suzanne M. Avena, Esq.
Broker: Gene P. Devine, Esq.
Underwriter: Brett McGovern, Esq.
Attorneys: Charlotte A. Biblow, Kenneth L. Robinson and Jane Houdek

8:15 p.m.t o 8:30 p.m. Question and Answer Session/Conclusion

– CLE credit: 3 credits total: 2.5 professional practice; .5 ethics and professionalism
– Sandwiches and soft drinks will be served.
– Non-attorney fee: $60