Sound familiar?
The hard part isn't the decision. It's getting to it.
Diligence timelines are set by someone else.
Clients want the environmental and title picture on a deadline, and agency records don't move at deal speed.
The answer is in a document nobody has read yet.
Consent orders, permits and prior reports run hundreds of pages. Finding the clause that matters takes hours.
Chain of ownership is a research project.
Identifying prior owners and operators, and their successors, means piecing together deeds, filings and directories.
What changes
From chasing records to making the call.
Today
- Associates pulling records one database at a time
- Long documents reviewed page by page
- Ownership histories reconstructed by hand
- Findings re-verified before they can be cited
With Brownfield AI
- Regulatory, title and history records gathered in minutes
- Questions asked of long documents, answered with the page
- Owner and operator timelines built from public records
- Every finding linked to its source
Ask it like you'd ask a colleague
Questions law firms answer in minutes.
Every answer comes back with the public record it came from, so you can check it, cite it and share it.
Liability“Who owned or operated this site while hazardous substances were used?”
Agreements“What obligations does the 2003 consent order place on current owners?”
Title“Are there environmental covenants or deed restrictions recorded?”
Permits“Which permits were issued for this facility, and were any violated?”
Disputes“When was the contamination first documented, and by whom?”
Transactions“What should the seller disclose about this property?”
How law firms use Brownfield AI