Bio

Lisa Spickler Ivins loves using her analytical skills to provide practical solutions when environmental or general real estate issues arise. She recognizes that a clear understanding of her clients' short- and long-term goals is essential for ensuring they are protected from liability and can reach their business objectives. With more than 25 years of experience, Lisa guides clients through environmental regulatory and compliance matters, advising on all aspects of real estate transactions, evaluating environmental assessments of property, managing due diligence investigations, negotiating brownfields redevelopment projects, and counseling buyers, sellers, and lenders regarding potential environmental risks and mitigation. Lisa assists clients with all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including leasing, acquisition, and development, with specific expertise handling stormwater issues. In addition to advising both local and national real estate developers on brownfields restoration, including navigating the Voluntary Remediation Program, Lisa manages the environmental due diligence for the purchase and sale of manufacturing facilities throughout the country for several venture capital and real estate investment trusts (REIT) entities. She has effectively negotiated consent orders with state environmental agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and is skilled at advising on permitting procedures and challenges to permit conditions and limits. Lisa has experience with Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) transactions and also works with several major solar developers, assisting with environmental permitting and land use issues. Lisa also manages the environmental complexities for the divestiture of potentially contaminated properties of a national chemical manufacturer and distributor and has provided environmental oversight for the development of hundreds of cell towers. She has conducted multimedia environmental compliance audits and environmental assessments for major manufacturing clients as well. Lisa spent more than five years practicing environmental law at Hunton & Williams (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP since 2018) prior to joining Hirschler to lead its environmental practice. She has past experience managing several major CERCLA litigation matters and also has handled commercial litigation matters. Her broad experience in real estate, business, and litigation practice groups allows her to quickly and efficiently manage environmental issues in any type of transaction or dispute.