Eric B. Rothenberg
Eric B. Rothenberg leads the Firm’s Environmental Practice. He represents business and financial institutions in a broad range of adversarial matters, including superfund proceedings, toxic tort claims and private cost recovery actions. Drawing upon his experience as a graduate-degree environmental engineer, Eric also directs diligence and documentation of transactions, financings and restructurings/reorganizations involving industrial and commercial properties. He also serves as lead counsel and court-appointed allocation counsel at National Priorities List superfund sites.
He is a frequent speaker and author of numerous publications including current U.S. and International Environmental Law summaries for the PLI Corporate Legal Counsel series and LexisNexis compliance guides. He is recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, and International Who’s Who as a leading US environmental lawyer.
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® 2020 for Environmental Law in New York, NY; Eric has been listed in Best Lawyers® since 2008
- Chambers USA - Leading Lawyer in Environment: Mainly Transactional (2012-2019)
- Recognized by Legal 500 in the area of Finance: Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings (2012); Recommended in Environment: transactional (2018-2019)
- Recognized by Super Lawyers in the Environmental Litigation section (2007, 2009-2018)
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Environment (2009-2018)
- Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2008-2017)
- Recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Business (2006-2016)
- Named a “Super Lawyer” in a survey conducted by Thomson Reuters (2007-2016)
- Recognized by AmLaw as a Top Rated Lawyer in Energy/Environmental (2013-2015)
- Recognized as one of the New York Area’s Top Lawyers by New York Magazine (2009, 2011)
- PLC Cross-border Environmental Handbook - Recommended in Environment: Corporate Section in NY (2011/2012, 2009/2010 and 2008/2009)
- Corporate Counsel “Top Lawyer” (2008)
New York, New York 10036
