Expropriation, Land Use and Wetlands Loss

Kean Miller’s land use and expropriation team understands that each parcel of land, like its owners, has its own features, history and characteristics. Our team has 40 years of experience handling transactions, litigation, and issues that arise from the ownership, sale, financing, development or construction of real property. We understand that disputes involving land use can have a significant impact on owners, users, mortgagees and even the public at large. We have handled numerous cases where the public right of use and private ownership have been at odds. Kean Miller is on the cutting edge of wetlands loss litigation including permitting, land loss issues, and other substantive environmental matters.

Kean Miller represents some of the country’s most prominent energy, chemical, and pipeline companies in the sale, purchase, financing, and condemnation of all manner of real property. We assist clients in subdividing their property and in developing strategies for property acquisition. Kean Miller has handled numerous pipeline projects from start to finish, including right of way negotiations, servitudes, purchases, final demands, and expropriation litigation. We have acted on behalf of Fortune 100 companies, individuals, partnerships, limited partnerships, and major international energy companies. We regularly represent financial institutions, chemical and petrochemical companies, pipeline companies, municipalities, conservation authorities, other regulatory bodies and levels of government on issues affecting real property, including expropriation, land use applications, property assessments and residential tenancy issues.