2003

Wells Fargo Foothill Inc. December 2003
Conducted due diligence on behalf of Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. into Safety-Kleen's potential liabilities for cleanup costs (both at facilities owned, operated or leased by Safety-Kleen and at third-party Superfund sites), environmental compliance issues, and pending environmental litigation.

Fujitsu Limited July 2003
Representation of Fujitsu in the restructuring and expansion of its flash memory joint venture with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), resulting in the creation of a fully integrated stand-alone flash company with 7000 employees and annual sales on formation of $3 billion. Conducted environmental due diligence and drafted environmental remediation agreement, including indemnity provisions and cleanup covenants, to allocate environmental responsibilities, including responsibilities related to historic environmental contamination and Superfund site liabilities.

2001

Hitachi Ltd. August 2001
Representation of Hitachi in the acquisition of IBM's hard disk drive division, which included manufacturing facilities in the United States and a number of Asian countries. Conducted environmental due diligence and drafted indemnities to allocate environmental responsibilities, including responsibilities related to substantial historic contamination at several facilities.

Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Negotiate and obtain Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for consortium comprised of 15 Silicon Valley municipalities; we also have provided NPDES permitting and compliance assistance to residential and commercial developers, manufacturing facilities and airports.

City of Lakewood
We represented the City of Lakewood in connection with the closure and conversion of the Long Beach Naval Hospital, providing advice on a wide range of issues, including base closure procedures, redevelopment law, CEQA, Clean Air Act and transportation issues.

California State Water Project
Assisted a developer and water retailer in the acquisition of 7,000 afa of entitlements to water from the State Water Project in accordance with the so-called Monterey Amendments. Negotiated complex tri-party water service arrangements associated with this transaction. Defended and settled litigation brought against the water transfer by a coalition of cities and environmental groups. This settlement served as a model for the development of statewide water legislation, SB 610 and SB 221.