Manideepa (Deepa) Sarkar advises clients on environmental issues arising in the context of complex transactional matters involving a diverse range of clients across industries around the globe. Deepa has wide-ranging experience, having represented clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions and financing transactions involving a variety of environmental, health and safety issues, including on- and off-site contamination, legacy liabilities and environmental compliance matters. Deepa’s experience includes managing environmental due diligence, drafting and negotiating environmental provisions and indemnities, and advising clients regarding transactional matters including environmental risk allocation, compliance with property transfer statutes and post-acquisition integration.
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Work Highlights
- Blackstone-led consortium in the acquisition of a majority stake in Emerson’s Climate Technologies business
- KKR in its acquisition of Boasso Global, Inc.
- Global Infrastructure Partners in the sale of 50% of its interest in Clearway Energy Group to TotalEnergies
- New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of PerkinElmer’s Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses
- Crane Holdings, Co. in the divestiture of legacy asbestos liabilities to Spruce Lake Liability Management
- Affiliates of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. and IFM Investors in their acquisition of Switch, Inc.
Education
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Cornell Law School, 2009 J.D.
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Columbia University, 2004 B.A.
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Columbia University, 2004 B.A.
Admissions
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New York 2010
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New York 2010
Manideepa (Deepa) Sarkar is Counsel in the Firm’s Environmental Practice. Deepa’s practice focuses on advising clients on environmental issues arising in the context of complex transactional matters involving a diverse range of clients across industries around the globe.
Deepa’s representative experience includes:
- Blackstone-led consortium in the acquisition of a majority stake in Emerson’s Climate Technologies business
- KKR in its acquisition of Boasso Global, Inc.
- Global Infrastructure Partners in the sale of 50% of its interest in Clearway Energy Group to TotalEnergies
- New Mountain Capital in its acquisition of PerkinElmer’s Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses
- Crane Holdings, Co. in the divestiture of legacy asbestos liabilities to Spruce Lake Liability Management
- Ambipar Participações e Empreendimentos S.A. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ambipar Response Limited in its $798 million business combination with HPX Corp.
- Affiliates of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. and IFM Investors in their acquisition of Switch, Inc.
Deepa has wide-ranging experience in representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, capital markets transactions and financing transactions involving a variety of environmental, health and safety issues, including on- and off-site contamination, legacy liabilities and environmental compliance matters. Deepa’s experience includes managing environmental due diligence, drafting and negotiating environmental provisions and indemnities, and advising clients regarding transactional matters including environmental risk allocation, compliance with property transfer statutes, post-acquisition integration and environmental reporting requirements under securities law.
Prior to entering private practice, Deepa served as Special Assistant Corporation Counsel of the New York City Law Department’s Environmental Law Division, in which capacity she assisted in representing New York City and its agencies in a range of environmental matters, including environmental review of City projects.
Deepa received her J.D. from Cornell Law School. She is admitted to practice in New York. She received her B.A. in Biology and English from Columbia University in 2004.