Chris Thiele is a Partner in the firm’s Environmental, Safety and Incident Response group. He has more than two decades of environmental law experience both in private practice and as an in-house attorney. His experience includes serving for more than ten years as in-house counsel at Koch Industries and, most recently, as Senior Vice President and legal counsel for an independent midstream energy infrastructure development company where he led regulatory, environmental, and governmental affairs and FERC and other permitting efforts for the company’s natural gas pipeline and related midstream infrastructure projects.
Chris is highly adept at navigating federal and state air quality laws and regulations. His Clean Air Act practice covers the gamut, including applying for and defending permits, providing compliance counseling and conducting compliance audits, defending enforcement actions, transacting emissions credits, supporting corporate transaction work, and working to change regulations through rulemaking comments and litigation.