DGS represents companies in all aspects of the coal industry. Our coal specialists include litigators, regulatory advisers, and transactional attorneys, including those who have served as in-house counsel for leading coal companies.
DGS transactional lawyers handle acquisitions and divestitures of operating coal properties and companies, including due diligence, negotiating and drafting purchase and sale documents, and negotiating and documenting financing arrangements. Additionally, our lawyers have drafted long-term coal supply agreements, including contracts with cost-plus, indexed and market based pricing clauses. DGS litigators represent companies in litigation arising from all aspects of coal mining, including commercial disputes, coal supply agreement litigation, royalty and severance tax issues, and citizen suits.
Our coal specialists have also represented coal companies in administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies, including defending companies in administrative enforcement actions and assisting companies in the permitting process. We represent coal companies in proceedings before the Interior Board of Land Appeals and the Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission, as well as a number of state agencies and review boards. DGS routinely represents clients in matters before MSHA, OSMRE, BIA, BLM and MMS.
DGS also advises our coal clients on the full range of environmental issues affecting the coal industry, including advising those arising under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, RCRA, SMCRA, and TSCA. We have also played an important role in developing and structuring cutting edge technologies related to the coal industry, including synfuels, clean coal technology, and power generation projects related to coal development.