Press Release 08.29.25
Reza Zarghamee advises U.S. and international clients on a vast array of environmental and sustainable finance matters, including the strategies for performing compliance audits, devising remediation strategies, responding to governmental investigations, defending against enforcement actions, chemical regulation, toxic torts litigation defense, transactional due diligence, devising remediation strategies and SEC disclosures.
Reza heads Pillsbury’s efforts in the field of chemical regulation and emerging contaminants, and co-chairs the firm’s Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Task Force. His experience in the field of chemical regulation is particularly diverse and encompasses work under federal statutes, such as the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), as well as state laws, such California’s Prop 65. As to PFAS, Reza has particularly broad experience.
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Reza routinely advises corporations regarding the allocation of environmental liabilities in connection with complex corporate and real estate transactions. He also counsels various clients regarding state and federal Superfund liability and cleanup laws to implement effective and legally compliant remediation strategies. In the field of biotechnology and chemical regulation, Reza regularly helps clients obtain EPA and/or FDA approvals for their products.
Representative Experience
- Managed environmental and DOT hazmat compliance audit program for a Fortune 100 domestic manufacturing conglomerate.
- Advised large nationwide retail department store in establishing a DOT-compliant rideshare delivery program for DOT hazmats and pharmaceuticals.
- Assisted Japanese polymer manufacture obtain EPA and FDA approvals for the paper and paperboard applications of a new C-6 perfluorinated compound.
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- Advised U.S. manufacturing corporation manage environmental liabilities in a $1.44 billion sale of a key business division.
- Advised industrial manufacturing company in fulfillment of consent order obligations, sale of contaminated facility, and settlement of toxic tort claims brought by neighboring homeowners.
- Provide rulemaking advocacy on behalf of clients with respect to emerging PFAS laws and legal requirements.
- Represent a chemical company in connection with insurance recovery action precipitated by one of the largest PFAS settlements in the United States.
- Assisted a major domestic manufacturer of heat-resistant cables, which had lost a $1 billion+ potential acquisition bid due to PFAS concerns, in performing a fulsome audit and review of its nexus to PFAS, including recommendations for liability mitigation measures.
Professional Highlights
Publications
- Authored chapter on “Environmental Law” for the PLI publication A Starter Guide to Doing Business in the United States.
Associations
- American Bar Association
Speaking Engagements
- “PFAS,” The State Bar of Texas Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section, 37thAnnual Texas Environmental Superconference, August 8, 2025. Speaker.
Education
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Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, 2022
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2003
B.A., Columbia University, 2000
Admissions
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California
District of Columbia
New York
Virginia
Languages
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French