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Whether rehabilitating an environmentally challenged property, building on coastal property or commencing a large retail or residential development, companies and public agencies face a complex maze of local, state and federal laws and regulations that must be navigated before a project can be successfully completed. In addition, vocal political forces that can shape both the challenges and resolutions to property development must be managed as skillfully as the legal issues involved.

Whether rehabilitating an environmentally challenged property, building on coastal property or commencing a large retail or residential development, companies and public agencies face a complex maze of local, state and federal laws and regulations that must be navigated before a project can be successfully completed. In addition, vocal political forces that can shape both the challenges and resolutions to property development must be managed as skillfully as the legal issues involved.

Sedgwick's Land Use Practice Group handles virtually all transactional and litigation aspects of land development and regulation, including land acquisition, securing entitlements, compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), due diligence, regulatory permitting (wetlands, species, coastal issues), redevelopment, leasing, brownfields, CC&Rs, and land and construction financing. Our attorneys handle complex negotiations and transactions, employing creative solutions that apply sound business judgment and cost management to meet the client's ultimate business and project objectives.

Representing private or public entities, our attorneys work on projects such as multihundred-million-dollar shopping centers, sports arena complexes, industrial/research campuses, residential communities/golf courses, quarries, landfills, electric generation facilities, hospitals, retail outlets, commercial parks, hotels and small residential projects. Our customized approach has attracted clients that include land developers, manufacturers, retailers, trade associations, cities, counties, local and state public agencies and public interest groups.

Sedgwick also assists clients with matters involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), state and federal endangered species acts, clean water, Polanco Redevelopment Act, local general plans and other land use ordinances and resolutions, subdivision requirements, water rights, land and construction financing, environmental due diligence (including hazardous materials), air quality, annexation and change of sphere of influence, development agreements, and infrastructure fees.

Our attorneys handle all aspects of substantive land use issues from advising clients regarding the applicability of the law, guiding clients through a permit or entitlement approval process or defending clients subject to enforcement actions or challenges of land use approvals. Members of our Land Use Group appear before cities and counties throughout California seeking approval of our clients' projects. In addition, Sedgwick attorneys regularly appear before, or otherwise work with, a wide range of local, state and federal agencies.

Whether rehabilitating an environmentally challenged property, building on coastal property or commencing a large retail or residential development, companies and public agencies face a complex maze of local, state and federal laws and regulations that must be navigated before a project can be successfully completed. In addition, vocal political forces that can shape both the challenges and resolutions to property development must be managed as skillfully as the legal issues involved.

Sedgwick's Land Use Practice Group handles virtually all transactional and litigation aspects of land development and regulation, including land acquisition, securing entitlements, compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), due diligence, regulatory permitting (wetlands, species, coastal issues), redevelopment, leasing, brownfields, CC&Rs, and land and construction financing. Our attorneys handle complex negotiations and transactions, employing creative solutions that apply sound business judgment and cost management to meet the client's ultimate business and project objectives.

Representing private or public entities, our attorneys work on projects such as multihundred-million-dollar shopping centers, sports arena complexes, industrial/research campuses, residential communities/golf courses, quarries, landfills, electric generation facilities, hospitals, retail outlets, commercial parks, hotels and small residential projects. Our customized approach has attracted clients that include land developers, manufacturers, retailers, trade associations, cities, counties, local and state public agencies and public interest groups.

Sedgwick also assists clients with matters involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), state and federal endangered species acts, clean water, Polanco Redevelopment Act, local general plans and other land use ordinances and resolutions, subdivision requirements, water rights, land and construction financing, environmental due diligence (including hazardous materials), air quality, annexation and change of sphere of influence, development agreements, and infrastructure fees.

Our attorneys handle all aspects of substantive land use issues from advising clients regarding the applicability of the law, guiding clients through a permit or entitlement approval process or defending clients subject to enforcement actions or challenges of land use approvals. Members of our Land Use Group appear before cities and counties throughout California seeking approval of our clients' projects. In addition, Sedgwick attorneys regularly appear before, or otherwise work with, a wide range of local, state and federal agencies.