Celeste B. Williams

Celeste B. Williams works on Real Estate and Environmental matters.

Celeste assists in the representation of clients in purchases and sales, joint ventures, construction financing and commercial leases. Her real estate work involves drafting and reviewing transactional documents and coordinating closing and post-closing activities. Celeste also advises clients on environmental issues across a range of industries, primarily environmental liabilities and the treatment of environmental risks in the context of corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, real estate transactions and financing transactions. She conducts environmental due diligence and assists in the review and negotiation of  transactional documents. She also assists in guiding clients in navigating environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy development and reporting under evolving ESG disclosure standards.